Invention Grant
US08515545B2 Current steering neurostimulator device with unidirectional current sources
有权
具有单向电流源的电流转向神经刺激器装置
- Patent Title: Current steering neurostimulator device with unidirectional current sources
- Patent Title (中): 具有单向电流源的电流转向神经刺激器装置
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Application No.: US13098071Application Date: 2011-04-29
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Publication No.: US08515545B2Publication Date: 2013-08-20
- Inventor: Stephen C. Trier
- Applicant: Stephen C. Trier
- Applicant Address: US NY Clarence
- Assignee: Greatbatch Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Greatbatch Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Clarence
- Agency: Haynes and Boone, LLP
- Main IPC: A61N1/00
- IPC: A61N1/00

Abstract:
The present disclosure provides a medical device that includes a neurostimulator. The neurostimulator includes one or more channels. Each channel includes a digitally-controlled switch coupled to a voltage source. The switch is in one of an “on” state and an “off” state in response to a first control signal. Each channel also includes a digitally-controlled current sink coupled to the switch. The current sink is coupled between the switch and the voltage source. The current sink draws a variable amount of electrical current in response to a second control signal. Each channel further includes a conductor coupled to the switch and the current sink. The conductor is configured to be coupled to an electrode that is operable to deliver the electrical current drawn by the current sink to a target tissue area.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120277822A1 Current Steering Neurostimulator Device with Unidirectional Current Sources Public/Granted day:2012-11-01
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