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Portable percutaneous assemblies, systems and methods for providing highly selective functional or therapeutic neuromuscular stimulation

  • US 7,571,002 B2
  • Filed: 10/10/2006
  • Issued: 08/04/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/12/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A neuromuscular stimulation assembly comprisingat least one electrode sized and configured for implantation in a targeted neural or muscular tissue region,a percutaneous lead electrically coupled to the electrode and including an exposed region adapted to be projecting through an external skin surface of a patient,a carrier sized and configured to be carried by the patient, the carrier also being sized and configured to hold a power source that can be released and replaced,instructions prescribing the release and replacement of the power source according to a preset schedule,an electronics pod removably carried on-board the carrier, the electronics pod including circuitry configured to generate a stimulation pulse, andan electrode connection element carried on-board the carrier that is electrically coupled to the electronics pod, the electrode connection element being sized and configured to electrically engage at least a portion of the exposed region of the lead to electrically couple the electrode to the electronics pod to percutaneously apply the stimulation pulse to the tissue region.

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