Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Stimulation devices and methods
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Application No.: US15802340Application Date: 2017-11-02
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Publication No.: US10328262B2Publication Date: 2019-06-25
- Inventor: Douglas Michael Ackermann , James Donald Loudin , Janusz Kuzma , Daniel Palanker , Scott Franklin Wetenkamp
- Applicant: Oculeve, Inc. , The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
- Applicant Address: US CA Palo Alto US CA South San Francisco
- Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University,Oculeve, Inc.
- Current Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University,Oculeve, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Palo Alto US CA South San Francisco
- Agency: Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.
- Main IPC: A61N1/36
- IPC: A61N1/36 ; A61N1/372 ; A61N1/375

Abstract:
Described here are stimulation systems and methods for stimulating one or more anatomical targets in a patient for treatment conditions such as dry eye. The stimulation system may include a controller and a microstimulator. The components of the controller and microstimulator may be implemented in a single unit or in separate devices. When implemented separately, the controller and microstimulator may communicate wirelessly or via a wired connection. The microstimulator may generate pulses from a signal received from the controller and apply the signal via one or more electrodes to an anatomical target. In some variations, the microstimulator may include a passive generation circuit configured to generate a pulse based on a signal received from the controller.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180064941A1 STIMULATION DEVICES AND METHODS Public/Granted day:2018-03-08
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