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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 1985
Filed:
Nov. 18, 1982
Applicant:
Inventor:
David J Stanton, Anoka, MN (US);
Assignee:
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
128421 ;
Abstract
A tissue stimulator of the type which provides short intervals of stimulation followed by longer intervals of rest is provided with a fail-safe system for turning off the stimulator if the stimulation interval exceeds a predetermined maximum interval. A timer times each 'on' interval. If the 'on' interval exceeds the predetermined maximum, the timer times out and shuts off stimulation.