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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.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2020

Filed:

Jun. 15, 2016
Applicant:

The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);

Inventors:

Sohmyung Ha, La Jolla, CA (US);

Gert Cauwenberghs, San Diego, CA (US);

Chul Kim, La Jolla, CA (US);

Jiwoong Park, La Jolla, CA (US);

Patrick P. Mercier, San Diego, CA (US);

Abraham Akinin, La Jolla, CA (US);

Hui Wang, La Jolla, CA (US);

Christoph Hans Maier, San Diego, CA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/378 (2006.01); A61N 1/36 (2006.01); A61N 1/372 (2006.01); A61N 1/375 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/3787 (2013.01); A61N 1/3606 (2013.01); A61N 1/36125 (2013.01); A61N 1/375 (2013.01); A61N 1/37205 (2013.01); A61N 1/37211 (2013.01);
Abstract

In one respect, there is provided an apparatus for neural stimulation. The apparatus may include an antenna, a plurality of electrodes, and a voltage supply generator. The antenna may be configured to receive, from an external source, radio frequency energy. The voltage supply generator configured to generate a voltage supply by at least ramping up a voltage of the radio frequency energy in successive increments, wherein the voltage supply drives a current to the plurality of electrodes during neural stimulation. Related methods and computer program products are also disclosed.


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