Implantable lead
First Claim
1. An implantable wireless stimulator device comprising:
- an enclosure including an extension tubing with a center lumen and at least one orbital lumen, the center lumen accommodating a navigating stylet during the delivery of the enclosure into a subject'"'"'s body, the enclosure housing;
one or more electrodes configured to apply one or more electrical pulses to the subject'"'"'s neural tissue;
a first antenna configured to;
receive, from a second antenna and through electrical radiative coupling, an input signal containing electrical energy, the second antenna being physically separate from the implantable neural stimulator lead; and
one or more circuits electrically connected to the first antenna, the circuits configured to;
create the one or more electrical pulses suitable for stimulation of the neural tissue using the electrical energy contained in the input signal; and
supply the one or more electrical pulses to the one or more electrodes, wherein the enclosure is shaped and arranged for delivery into a subject'"'"'s body through an introducer or a needle.
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Abstract
An implantable wireless lead includes an enclosure, the enclosure housing: one or more electrodes configured to apply one or more electrical pulses to a neural tissue; a first antenna configured to: receive, from a second antenna and through electrical radiative coupling, an input signal containing electrical energy, the second antenna being physically separate from the implantable neural stimulator lead; one or more circuits electrically connected to the first antenna, the circuits configured to: create the one or more electrical pulses suitable for stimulation of the neural tissue using the electrical energy contained in the input signal; and supply the one or more electrical pulses to the one or more electrodes, wherein the enclosure is shaped and arranged for delivery into a subject'"'"'s body through an introducer or a needle.
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20 Claims
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1. An implantable wireless stimulator device comprising:
an enclosure including an extension tubing with a center lumen and at least one orbital lumen, the center lumen accommodating a navigating stylet during the delivery of the enclosure into a subject'"'"'s body, the enclosure housing; one or more electrodes configured to apply one or more electrical pulses to the subject'"'"'s neural tissue; a first antenna configured to;
receive, from a second antenna and through electrical radiative coupling, an input signal containing electrical energy, the second antenna being physically separate from the implantable neural stimulator lead; andone or more circuits electrically connected to the first antenna, the circuits configured to; create the one or more electrical pulses suitable for stimulation of the neural tissue using the electrical energy contained in the input signal; and supply the one or more electrical pulses to the one or more electrodes, wherein the enclosure is shaped and arranged for delivery into a subject'"'"'s body through an introducer or a needle. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method for modulating a patient'"'"'s neural tissue, the method comprising:
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delivering an enclosure into a patient'"'"'s body by using a navigating stylet that slides inside a center lumen of the enclosure such that one or more electrodes of an implantable neural stimulator is implanted at a target site adjacent to or near the neural tissue, the implantable neural stimulator comprising; the enclosure including an extension tubing with the center lumen and at least one orbital lumen, the enclosure housing; one or more electrodes configured to apply one or more electrical pulses to the subject'"'"'s neural tissue; a first antenna; and one or more circuits electrically connected to the first antenna; and wirelessly delivering, through radiative coupling and from a second antenna exterior to the patient'"'"'s body, an input signal containing electrical energy to the first antenna of the implantable neural stimulator implanted at the target site such that one or more electrical impulses are generated solely from the electrical energy contained in the input signal wireless delivered through radiative coupling from the exterior location; and
wherein the generated electrical impulses are applied through the electrodes to the neural tissue. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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