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Implantable medical device charge balance assessment

  • US 8,478,420 B2
  • Filed: 07/12/2006
  • Issued: 07/02/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/12/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for charge balance assessment in an implantable medical device, the method comprising:

  • delivering, via a current source, at least one electrical signal to tissue of a patient through an electrode; and

    assessing, via a charge balance determination unit, whether a net charge remains on the electrode a predetermined period of time after the delivery of the electrical signal;

    wherein said predetermined period of time is at least one hour.

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