Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Nerve stimulation patches and methods for stimulating selected nerves
- Patent Title (中): 神经刺激斑块和刺激选择神经的方法
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Application No.: US11941508Application Date: 2007-11-16
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Publication No.: US08260439B2Publication Date: 2012-09-04
- Inventor: Anthony DiUbaldi , Michael Tracey , Rex O. Bare , Bradley Sargent , Stephen B. Wahlgren
- Applicant: Anthony DiUbaldi , Michael Tracey , Rex O. Bare , Bradley Sargent , Stephen B. Wahlgren
- Applicant Address: US NJ Somerville
- Assignee: Ethicon, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Ethicon, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US NJ Somerville
- Agency: Cheryl F. Cohen, LLC
- Main IPC: A61N1/18
- IPC: A61N1/18

Abstract:
A selective nerve stimulation patch includes a substrate having a top surface and a bottom surface, integrated components overlying the top surface of the substrate and being electrically interconnected with one another for generating at least one nerve stimulating signal, electrodes integrated into the substrate and exposed at the bottom surface thereof for applying the at least one nerve stimulating signal to a target nerve, a waterproof, breathable cover overlying the substrate and the integrated components, and a support flange surrounding the substrate and coupling the cover and the substrate together. The support flange has a top surface that slopes downwardly toward an outer perimeter thereof, and at least a portion of the cover conforms to the sloping top surface of the support flange. In one embodiment, the patch generates a high frequency waveform with properties such as amplitude, frequency and the like chosen so as to overcome tissue impedance and the stimulation threshold of the target nerve. The modulated waveform is the waveform obtained by modulating the carrier waveform by a pulse envelope.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090132018A1 Nerve Stimulation Patches And Methods For Stimulating Selected Nerves Public/Granted day:2009-05-21
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