PROGRAMMABLE WAVEFORM PULSES FOR AN IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE
    1.
    发明申请
    PROGRAMMABLE WAVEFORM PULSES FOR AN IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE 审中-公开
    可编程医疗器械的可编程波形脉冲

    公开(公告)号:US20090259278A1

    公开(公告)日:2009-10-15

    申请号:US12359958

    申请日:2009-01-26

    IPC分类号: A61N1/36

    CPC分类号: A61N1/36125

    摘要: Apparatus and method provide flexibility in generating a stimulation waveform to an electrode of an Implantable Neuro Stimulator (INS). The stimulation waveform is synthesized for each rate period interval. Each rate period interval is partitioned into time intervals, during which stimulation pulses, recharging, and time duration delays may be induced. With the embodiment of the invention, a second stimulation pulse, having different electrical characteristics than a first stimulation pulse, may be generated during the rate period interval. An embodiment utilizes apparatus comprising a waveform controller and a waveform generator that are controlled by the waveform controller. The waveform controller uses waveform parameters to instruct the waveform generator to form stimulation pulses. Any of the components may be adjusted or deleted in the generation of the stimulation waveform. The embodiment enables any of the associated waveform parameters to be updated at the waveform controller in order to alter the stimulation waveform.

    摘要翻译: 装置和方法提供了向植入式神经刺激器(INS)的电极产生刺激波形的灵活性。 针对每个速率周期间隔合成刺激波形。 每个速率周期间隔被划分成时间间隔,在此时间间隔期间可以诱发刺激脉冲,再充电和持续时间延迟。 利用本发明的实施例,可以在速率周期间隔期间产生具有与第一刺激脉冲不同的电特性的第二刺激脉冲。 实施例利用由波形控制器控制的波形控制器和波形发生器的装置。 波形控制器使用波形参数来指示波形发生器形成刺激脉冲。 可以在产生刺激波形时调整或删除任何组件。 该实施例使得能够在波形控制器处更新相关联的波形参数,以便改变刺激波形。

    Wave shaping for an implantable medical device
    2.
    发明授权
    Wave shaping for an implantable medical device 有权
    用于可植入医疗器械的波浪形成

    公开(公告)号:US06950706B2

    公开(公告)日:2005-09-27

    申请号:US10133513

    申请日:2002-04-26

    CPC分类号: A61N1/36071

    摘要: In the embodiment of the invention, apparatus and method provide flexibility in generating a stimulation waveform (that comprises at least a stimulation pulse) to an electrode of an Implantable Neuro Stimulator (INS). The waveform is synthesized for each rate period interval. A portion of the rate period interval is identified, in which the portion comprises at least one phase. During each phase, the stimulation waveform is synthesized by a waveform controller and a waveform generator. The waveform controller utilizes waveform parameters, e.g. the initial value, final value, and step time duration, to form a digital signal to the waveform generator. The waveform generator utilizes the digital signal to form the synthesized waveform.

    摘要翻译: 在本发明的实施例中,装置和方法提供了向植入式神经刺激器(INS)的电极生成刺激波形(至少包括刺激脉冲)的灵活性。 每个速率周期间隔合成波形。 识别速率周期间隔的一部分,其中该部分包括至少一个相位。 在每个阶段,刺激波形由波形控制器和波形发生器合成。 波形控制器利用波形参数,例如 初始值,最终值和步长持续时间,以形成到波形发生器的数字信号。 波形发生器利用数字信号形成合成波形。

    Programmable waveform pulses for an implantable medical device
    4.
    发明授权
    Programmable waveform pulses for an implantable medical device 有权
    可植入医疗器械的可编程波形脉冲

    公开(公告)号:US07483748B2

    公开(公告)日:2009-01-27

    申请号:US10133906

    申请日:2002-04-26

    IPC分类号: A61N1/00

    CPC分类号: A61N1/36125

    摘要: Apparatus and method provide flexibility in generating a stimulation waveform to an electrode of an Implantable Neuro Stimulator (INS). The stimulation waveform is synthesized for each rate period interval. Each rate period interval is partitioned into time intervals, during which stimulation pulses, recharging, and time duration delays may be induced. With the embodiment of the invention, a second stimulation pulse, having different electrical characteristics than a first stimulation pulse, may be generated during the rate period interval. An embodiment utilizes apparatus comprising a waveform controller and a waveform generator that are controlled by the waveform controller. The waveform controller uses waveform parameters to instruct the waveform generator to form stimulation pulses. Any of the components may be adjusted or deleted in the generation of the stimulation waveform. The embodiment enables any of the associated waveform parameters to be updated at the waveform controller in order to alter the stimulation waveform.

    摘要翻译: 装置和方法提供了向植入式神经刺激器(INS)的电极产生刺激波形的灵活性。 针对每个速率周期间隔合成刺激波形。 每个速率周期间隔被划分成时间间隔,在此时间间隔期间可以诱发刺激脉冲,再充电和持续时间延迟。 利用本发明的实施例,可以在速率周期间隔期间产生具有与第一刺激脉冲不同的电特性的第二刺激脉冲。 实施例利用由波形控制器控制的波形控制器和波形发生器的装置。 波形控制器使用波形参数来指示波形发生器形成刺激脉冲。 可以在产生刺激波形时调整或删除任何组件。 该实施例使得能够在波形控制器处更新相关联的波形参数,以便改变刺激波形。

    Voltage/current regulator improvements for an implantable medical device
    5.
    发明授权
    Voltage/current regulator improvements for an implantable medical device 有权
    可植入医疗器械的电压/电流调节器改进

    公开(公告)号:US07805189B2

    公开(公告)日:2010-09-28

    申请号:US11649329

    申请日:2007-01-03

    IPC分类号: A61N1/00

    摘要: Apparatus and method provide flexibility in generating a stimulation waveform to an electrode of an implantable medical device. The stimulation waveform comprises at least one stimulation pulse. The embodiment of the invention supports a generation of a stimulation pulse in which an amplitude and an electrical polarity of the stimulation pulse can be dynamically changed. The embodiment comprises a capacitor arrangement, a regulator and a switching array. The capacitor arrangement can be reconfigured with respect to an electrical reference through the switching array in order for the regulator to deliver the stimulation pulse to a pair of electrodes. In another embodiment, a plurality of stimulation waveforms are generated in which different stimulation waveforms are associated with different electrodes. With the embodiment, a plurality of regulators are connected and reconfigured to the capacitor arrangement in order that the different stimulation waveforms are generated by different regulators.

    摘要翻译: 装置和方法在向可植入医疗装置的电极产生刺激波形方面提供灵活性。 刺激波形包括至少一个刺激脉冲。 本发明的实施例支持产生刺激脉冲,其中可以动态地改变刺激脉冲的振幅和电极性。 该实施例包括电容器布置,调节器和开关阵列。 可以通过开关阵列相对于电参考来重新配置电容器布置,以便调节器将刺激脉冲传送到一对电极。 在另一个实施例中,产生多个刺激波形,其中不同的刺激波形与不同的电极相关联。 利用本实施例,将多个调节器连接并重新配置到电容器装置,以便不同的调节器产生不同的刺激波形。