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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 29, 2019
Valencia Technologies Corporation, Valencia, CA (US);
Jeffrey H. Greiner, Valencia, CA (US);
David K. L. Peterson, Valencia, CA (US);
Stacy Greiner Chambliss, Valencia, CA (US);
Valencia Bioscience, Inc., Valencia, CA (US);
Abstract
A method of treating osteoarthritis in a knee includes generating, by an implantable stimulator configured to be implanted beneath a skin surface of a patient, stimulation sessions at a duty cycle that is less than 0.05, and applying, by the implantable stimulator in accordance with the duty cycle, the stimulation sessions to a location that includes at least one of an acupoint labeled ST35, an acupoint labeled EX-LE-4, and a location on a line that intersects the acupoints labeled ST35 and EX-LE-4. The duty cycle is a ratio of T3 to T4. Each stimulation session included in the stimulation sessions has a duration of T3 minutes and occurs at a rate of once every T4 minutes. The implantable stimulator is powered by a primary battery located within the implantable stimulator and having an internal impedance greater than 5 ohms.