The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 26, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 03, 2014
Applicant:
Imthera Medical, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);
Inventor:
Paul M. Meadows, Glendale, CA (US);
Assignee:
IMTHERA MEDICAL, INC, San Diego, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/36 (2006.01); A61N 1/05 (2006.01); A61N 1/372 (2006.01); A61N 1/375 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/36125 (2013.01); A61N 1/0556 (2013.01); A61N 1/3752 (2013.01); A61N 1/37217 (2013.01); A61N 1/375 (2013.01);
Abstract
A device comprises an implantable pulse generator having a plurality of stimulator outputs and a plurality of neural electrodes. A lead splitter is configured to electronically map the stimulator outputs to the plurality of neural electrodes. The present invention generally relates to implanted neurostimulation systems and, more particularly, to a lead splitter for neurostimulation systems and methods to increase the number of effective output channels of a single or multi-channel neurostimulator.