Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Implantable pulse generator with multiple stimulation engines
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Application No.: US16778255Application Date: 2020-01-31
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Publication No.: US11135431B2Publication Date: 2021-10-05
- Inventor: Daran DeShazo , Steven Boor
- Applicant: Advanced Neuromodulation Systems, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US TX Plano
- Assignee: Advanced Neuromodulation Systems, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Advanced Neuromodulation Systems, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Plano
- Agency: Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP
- Main IPC: A61N1/36
- IPC: A61N1/36 ; A61N1/378 ; A61N1/372

Abstract:
An implantable medical device (IMD) includes multiple stimulation engines for independently stimulating respective electrode sets of a lead system while avoiding collisions and/or channel contention during stimulation delivery. A first voltage multiplier is configured to generate an adjustable target voltage having sufficient headroom at an output node that is commonly coupled to anodic nodes of respective stimulation engines. Each stimulation engine includes a secondary voltage multiplier to drive the respective anode and a current regulator powered by a floating voltage supply, wherein the current regulator is coupled to a cathodic node and configured to control how much stimulation current is pulled from the patient tissue.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210236822A1 IMPLANTABLE PULSE GENERATOR WITH MULTIPLE STIMULATION ENGINES Public/Granted day:2021-08-05
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