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VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION APPARATUS, AND ASSOCIATED METHODS

  • US 20090105782A1
  • Filed: 03/07/2007
  • Published: 04/23/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/15/2006
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. An apparatus for providing electrical stimulation to the vagus nerve of a patient, comprising:

  • one or more probes for being implanted in the body of said patient for providing current pulses to said vagus nerve;

    an implantable device for being implanted in the body of said patient, said implantable device having;

    (i) control circuitry electrically connected to said one or more probes, said control circuitry being structured to generate said current pulses and provide said current pulses to said one or more probes, and (ii) power circuitry electrically connected to said control circuitry for providing a DC power signal to said control circuitry; and

    a power supply separate from said implantable device and external to said patient'"'"'s body, said power supply providing power to said implantable device through a near-field technique between said power supply and said power circuitry when said power circuitry is in proximity with said power supply.

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