Implantable electrode assembly having reverse electrode configuration
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1. An implantable electrode assembly comprising:
- an implantable substrate;
three elongate electrodes secured to the substrate, each electrode having respective proximal and distal opposing ends, wherein the electrodes are relatively situated such that each electrode is generally uniformly spaced along its length with respect to at least one adjacent electrode, and an inner electrode is flanked on two sides by a pair of outer electrodes;
wherein a first lead is connected to the inner electrode at the inner electrode'"'"'s proximal end positioned on one side of the substrate; and
wherein a second lead and a third lead are connected to the outer electrodes at the respective proximal ends positioned on an opposite side of the substrate.
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Abstract
Methods and apparatus for generating an electric field inside a patient include at least a first electrode and a second electrode on a common implantable substrate. Each of the electrodes has a respective proximal end and a respective distal end. Electrical energy can be applied that causes electrical current to flow simultaneously through the first and second electrodes preferentially from the proximal end of one electrode to the distal end of the other electrode.
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13 Claims
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1. An implantable electrode assembly comprising:
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an implantable substrate; three elongate electrodes secured to the substrate, each electrode having respective proximal and distal opposing ends, wherein the electrodes are relatively situated such that each electrode is generally uniformly spaced along its length with respect to at least one adjacent electrode, and an inner electrode is flanked on two sides by a pair of outer electrodes; wherein a first lead is connected to the inner electrode at the inner electrode'"'"'s proximal end positioned on one side of the substrate; and wherein a second lead and a third lead are connected to the outer electrodes at the respective proximal ends positioned on an opposite side of the substrate. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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