Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Programming techniques for stimulation with utilization of case electrode
- Patent Title (中): 利用壳体电极进行刺激的编程技术
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Application No.: US12696992Application Date: 2010-01-29
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Publication No.: US08571677B2Publication Date: 2013-10-29
- Inventor: Nathan A. Torgerson , Steven M. Goetz
- Applicant: Nathan A. Torgerson , Steven M. Goetz
- Applicant Address: US MN Minneapolis
- Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US MN Minneapolis
- Agency: Shumaker & Sieffert, P.A.
- Main IPC: A61N1/00
- IPC: A61N1/00

Abstract:
This disclosure describes techniques that support delivering electrical stimulation via an electrode on a housing of an implantable medical device (IMD) while substantially simultaneously delivering electrical stimulation via one or more electrodes, having the same polarity as the electrode on the housing, on one or more leads engaged to the IMD. The stimulation may be constant current-based or constant voltage-based stimulation in the form of pulses or continuous waveforms. Delivery of stimulation via both a housing anode and one or more lead anodes, for example, may allow a user to control current paths between the housing electrode and the lead electrode(s) in a relative manner to achieve different electric or stimulation field shapes.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110093043A1 PROGRAMMING TECHNIQUES FOR STIMULATION WITH UTILIZATION OF CASE ELECTRODE Public/Granted day:2011-04-21
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