Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Apparatus, system and method for neurostimulation by high frequency ultrasound
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Application No.: US14402632Application Date: 2013-03-13
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Publication No.: US10252085B2Publication Date: 2019-04-09
- Inventor: Bruce C. Towe , Daniel Gulick
- Applicant: Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of Arizona State University
- Applicant Address: US AZ Scottsdale
- Assignee: Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of Arizona State University
- Current Assignee: Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of Arizona State University
- Current Assignee Address: US AZ Scottsdale
- Agency: Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP
- International Application: PCT/US2013/030812 WO 20130313
- International Announcement: WO2013/176744 WO 20131128
- Main IPC: A61N1/05
- IPC: A61N1/05 ; A61N1/36 ; A61N7/00

Abstract:
An apparatus, system, and method for neurostimulation by high frequency ultrasound. In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a pulse generator, an ultrasound transducer coupled to the pulse generator, and an implantable stimulator. The implantable stimulator may include a piezoelectric element configured to convert ultrasound signals from the ultrasound transducer into electrical signals, a rectifier configured to convert alternating current from the piezoelectric element to a monophasic current, a capacitor coupled to the rectifier, and a first electrode and a second electrode coupled to the rectifier and capacitor and configured to transmit the monophasic current to body tissue. In addition, the apparatus may include a current-limiting circuit configured to limit the amount of current transmitted to the body tissue.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150112233A1 Apparatus, System and Method for Neurostimulation by High Frequency Ultrasound Public/Granted day:2015-04-23
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