Invention Grant
US07805189B2 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
- Patent Title: Voltage/current regulator improvements for an implantable medical device
- Patent Title (中): 可植入医疗器械的电压/电流调节器改进
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Application No.: US11649329Application Date: 2007-01-03
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Publication No.: US07805189B2Publication Date: 2010-09-28
- Inventor: Marc T. Stein , Nathan A Torgerson , Robert Leinders , Todd P Goblish , Todd D. Heathershaw , John Delfin Rodriguez
- Applicant: Marc T. Stein , Nathan A Torgerson , Robert Leinders , Todd P Goblish , Todd D. Heathershaw , John Delfin Rodriguez
- Applicant Address: US MN Minneapolis
- Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US MN Minneapolis
- Agency: IPLM Group, P.A.
- Main IPC: A61N1/00
- IPC: A61N1/00

Abstract:
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.
Public/Granted literature
- US20070191907A1 Voltage/current regulator improvements for an implantable medical device Public/Granted day:2007-08-16
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