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- Patent Title: Systems and methods for closed loop control to ensure a constant current output with a changing load resistance
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Application No.: US16559968Application Date: 2019-09-04
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Publication No.: US11191965B2Publication Date: 2021-12-07
- Inventor: Dominique M. Durand
- Applicant: CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY
- Applicant Address: US OH Cleveland
- Assignee: CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY
- Current Assignee: CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY
- Current Assignee Address: US OH Cleveland
- Agency: Tarolli, Sundheim, Covell & Tummino LLP
- Main IPC: A61N1/36
- IPC: A61N1/36 ; A61N1/05 ; G05B19/042 ; A61N2/00 ; A61N2/02 ; G16H20/40 ; G16H20/30

Abstract:
A closed loop control system automatically ensures that an output of a device is constant. The system can receive an input to set a fixed value for a variable (e.g., a current, a heart rate, a tissue perfusion, an ion level, etc.), and this variable can be delivered to a feedback component. The system can also include the device to deliver the variable to a load. The feedback component can be coupled to the delivery device to sample the output of the delivery device at different times. Based on the sampling, the feedback component can vary a property of the delivery device related to the delivery of the variable to the load to ensure that the variable remains constant at the fixed value. In some instances, the system can be implemented as a stimulator that delivers the constant current of a current source and has a low output impedance of a voltage source.
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