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Composite waveform based method and apparatus for animal tissue stimulation

  • US 7,881,804 B2
  • Filed: 03/14/2007
  • Issued: 02/01/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/15/2006
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A medical apparatus for artificially stimulating internal soft tissue of an animal, said apparatus comprising:

  • a first electrode and a second electrode for implantation into the soft tissue inside the animal; and

    a stimulator connected to the first electrode and a second electrode, and in response to a control signal applying a composite voltage pulse to the first electrode and the second electrode for producing contraction of an organ of the animal, the composite voltage pulse having a first segment and a second segment contiguous with the first segment, an amplitude of the first segment being at least three times greater than an amplitude of the second segment, and wherein the first segment precedes the second segment.

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