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Construction of electrode assembly for nerve control

  • US 20060136024A1
  • Filed: 12/22/2004
  • Published: 06/22/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/22/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. Apparatus for applying current to a nerve, comprising:

  • a housing, adapted to be placed in a vicinity of the nerve;

    first, second, and third electrodes, fixed to the housing at first, second, and third longitudinal sites of the housing, respectively, such that the first, second, and third electrodes do not come in direct physical contact with the nerve, the second site being between the first and third sites, the second electrode having an electrode surface axial length; and

    first and second internal insulating elements, fixed to the housing between the first and second longitudinal sites, and between the second and third longitudinal sites, respectively, the first and second internal insulating elements shaped so as to define, upon placement of the housing, a nerve axial distance between the first and second internal insulating elements that is less than the electrode surface axial length.

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