Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Stimulation with utilization of non-selected electrode
- Patent Title (中): 利用未选择的电极刺激
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Application No.: US12769149Application Date: 2010-04-28
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Publication No.: US09320901B2Publication Date: 2016-04-26
- 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: A61N1/05
- IPC: A61N1/05 ; A61N1/36 ; A61N1/08

Abstract:
This disclosure describes techniques that support delivering electrical stimulation current via at least two user-selected electrodes of an implantable medical device (IMD) and automatically delivering balancing current below via at least one non-selected electrode. Balancing currents delivered via the at least one non-selected electrode may be configured with an amplitude below a perception threshold of a patient. Delivery of balancing current via the at least one third electrode may allow an implantable medical device to automatically balance the total current delivered to a patient.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110270357A1 STIMULATION WITH UTILIZATION OF NON-SELECTED ELECTRODE Public/Granted day:2011-11-03
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