Radial feed through packaging for an implantable electroacupuncture device
    22.
    发明授权
    Radial feed through packaging for an implantable electroacupuncture device 有权
    径向进料通过包装可植入电针装置

    公开(公告)号:US08954143B2

    公开(公告)日:2015-02-10

    申请号:US13777901

    申请日:2013-02-26

    IPC分类号: A61N1/18 A61N1/375

    摘要: An implantable electroacupuncture device (IEAD) treats a disease or medical condition of a patient through application of stimulation pulses applied at a specified acupoint or other target tissue location. In a preferred implementation, the IEAD is an implantable, coin-sized, self-contained, leadless electroacupuncture device having at least two electrodes attached to an outside surface of its housing. The device generates stimulation pulses in accordance with a specified stimulation regimen. Power management circuitry within the device allows a primary battery, having a high internal impedance, to be used to power the device. The stimulation regimen generates stimulation pulses during a stimulation session of duration T3 minutes applied every T4 minutes. The duty cycle, or ratio T3/T4, is very low, no greater than 0.05. The low duty cycle and careful power management allow the IEAD to perform its intended function for several years.

    摘要翻译: 可植入电针装置(IEAD)通过施加在特定穴位或其他目标组织位置施加的刺激脉冲来治疗患者的疾病或医学状况。 在优选的实施方案中,IEAD是可植入的硬币大小的独立的无引线电针装置,其具有附接到其外壳的外表面的至少两个电极。 该设备根据指定的刺激方案产生刺激脉冲。 设备内的电源管理电路允许使用具有高内部阻抗的一次电池为设备供电。 刺激方案在每T4分钟施用持续时间T3分钟的刺激期间产生刺激脉冲。 占空比或比例T3 / T4非常低,不大于0.05。 低占空比和仔细的电源管理允许IEAD执行其预期功能几年。

    Circuits and Methods for Using a High Impedance, Thin, Coin-Cell Type Battery in an Implantable Electroacupuncture Device
    23.
    发明申请
    Circuits and Methods for Using a High Impedance, Thin, Coin-Cell Type Battery in an Implantable Electroacupuncture Device 有权
    在可植入电针装置中使用高阻抗,薄型,硬币型电池的电路和方法

    公开(公告)号:US20140214128A1

    公开(公告)日:2014-07-31

    申请号:US13769699

    申请日:2013-02-18

    IPC分类号: A61N1/378

    摘要: An implantable electroacupuncture device (IEAD) treats a disease or medical condition of a patient through application of stimulation pulses applied at a specified acupoint or other target tissue location. In a preferred implementation, the IEAD is an implantable, coin-sized, self-contained, leadless electroacupuncture device having at least two electrodes attached to an outside surface of its housing. The device generates stimulation pulses in accordance with a specified stimulation regimen. Power management circuitry within the device allows a primary battery, having a high internal impedance, to be used to power the device. The stimulation regimen generates stimulation pulses during a stimulation session of duration T3 minutes applied every T4 minutes. The duty cycle, or ratio T3/T4, is very low, no greater than 0.05. The low duty cycle and careful power management allow the IEAD to perform its intended function for several years.

    摘要翻译: 可植入电针装置(IEAD)通过施加在特定穴位或其他目标组织位置施加的刺激脉冲来治疗患者的疾病或医学状况。 在优选的实施方案中,IEAD是可植入的硬币大小的独立的无引线电针装置,其具有附接到其外壳的外表面的至少两个电极。 该设备根据指定的刺激方案产生刺激脉冲。 设备内的电源管理电路允许使用具有高内部阻抗的一次电池为设备供电。 刺激方案在每T4分钟施用持续时间T3分钟的刺激期间产生刺激脉冲。 占空比或比例T3 / T4非常低,不大于0.05。 低占空比和仔细的电源管理允许IEAD执行其预期功能几年。

    Implantable Electroacupuncture Device and Method for Treating Depression, Bipolar Disorder and Anxiety
    24.
    发明申请
    Implantable Electroacupuncture Device and Method for Treating Depression, Bipolar Disorder and Anxiety 有权
    植入式电针装置及治疗抑郁,双相障碍和焦虑的方法

    公开(公告)号:US20140214117A1

    公开(公告)日:2014-07-31

    申请号:US13630322

    申请日:2012-09-28

    IPC分类号: A61N1/36

    摘要: An implantable electroacupuncture device (IEAD) treats depression, bipolar disorder or Anxiety through application of stimulation pulses applied at acupoints GV20 and/or EXHN3. The IEAD comprises an implantable, coin-sized, self-contained, leadless electroacupuncture device having at least two electrodes attached to an outside surface of its housing. The device generates stimulation pulses in accordance with a specified stimulation regimen. Power management circuitry within the device allows a primary battery, having a high internal impedance, to be used to power the device. The stimulation regimen generates stimulation pulses during a stimulation session of duration T3 minutes applied every T4 minutes. The duty cycle, or ratio T3/T4, is very low, no greater than 0.05. The low duty cycle and careful power management allow the IEAD to perform its intended function for several years.

    摘要翻译: 可植入电针装置(IEAD)通过施加在穴位GV20和/或EXHN3处施加的刺激脉冲来治疗抑郁症,双相情感障碍或焦虑症。 IEAD包括可植入的硬币大小的独立的无引线电针装置,其具有附接到其外壳的外表面的至少两个电极。 该设备根据指定的刺激方案产生刺激脉冲。 设备内的电源管理电路允许使用具有高内部阻抗的一次电池为设备供电。 刺激方案在每T4分钟施用持续时间T3分钟的刺激期间产生刺激脉冲。 占空比或比例T3 / T4非常低,不大于0.05。 低占空比和仔细的电源管理允许IEAD执行其预期功能几年。

    Methods and systems for treating osteoarthritis using an implantable stimulator

    公开(公告)号:US11357984B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-06-14

    申请号:US16667346

    申请日:2019-10-29

    摘要: A method of treating osteoarthritis in a knee includes generating, by an implantable stimulator configured to be implanted beneath a skin surface of a patient, stimulation sessions at a duty cycle that is less than 0.05, and applying, by the implantable stimulator in accordance with the duty cycle, the stimulation sessions to a location that includes at least one of an acupoint labeled ST35, an acupoint labeled EX-LE-4, and a location on a line that intersects the acupoints labeled ST35 and EX-LE-4. The duty cycle is a ratio of T3 to T4. Each stimulation session included in the stimulation sessions has a duration of T3 minutes and occurs at a rate of once every T4 minutes. The implantable stimulator is powered by a primary battery located within the implantable stimulator and having an internal impedance greater than 5 ohms.

    Circuits and Methods for Using a High Impedance Battery in an Implantable Stimulator

    公开(公告)号:US20200164214A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-05-28

    申请号:US16776935

    申请日:2020-01-30

    摘要: An implantable stimulator includes a housing configured to be implanted beneath a skin surface of a patient and having a first surface adapted to face inwardly into tissue of the patient at or near a target tissue location; pulse generation circuitry located within the housing and electrically coupled to at least two electrodes, the pulse generation circuitry being adapted to deliver stimulation sessions by way of the at least two electrodes to the target tissue location, wherein each stimulation session included in the stimulation sessions has a duration of T3 minutes and a rate of occurrence of once every T4 minutes, wherein a ratio of T3 to T4 is no greater than 0.05; and a primary battery contained within the housing and electrically coupled to the pulse generation circuitry, the primary battery having an internal impedance greater than 5 ohms.

    Circuits and methods for using a high impedance, thin, coin-cell type battery in an implantable electroacupuncture device

    公开(公告)号:US10576293B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-03-03

    申请号:US15793913

    申请日:2017-10-25

    摘要: An implantable electroacupuncture device for treating a medical condition of a patient through application of electroacupuncture stimulation pulses to a target tissue location within the patient includes 1) a housing configured to be implanted beneath a skin surface of the patient, 2) pulse generation circuitry located within the housing and electrically coupled to at least two electrodes, the pulse generation circuitry being adapted to deliver stimulation sessions by way of the at least two electrodes to the target tissue location in accordance with a stimulation regimen, and 3) a primary battery contained within the housing and electrically coupled to the pulse generation circuitry, the primary battery having an internal impedance greater than 5 ohms and a capacity of less than 60 mAh, wherein the primary battery is the only battery that provides power to the pulse generation circuitry.