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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 29, 2000
Birinder R. Boveja, Highlands Ranch, CO (US);
Alok Sarwal, Highlands Ranch, CO (US);
Other;
Abstract
An external stimulator adapted to be inductively coupled with an implanted lead-receiver is designed to deliver neuromodulation therapy for disorders including depression, migraine, partial complex epilepsy, generalized epilepsy, involuntary movement disorders, dementia, obsessive compulsive disorders, urinary incontinence, neurogenic/psychogenic pain and bladder control. The external stimulator containing limited number of predetermined programs packaged into the stimulator, giving the patient or caretaker a way to adjust the therapy within confined limits, or turn the device off. The pre-packaged programs contain unique combination of pulse amplitude, pulse width, frequency of stimulation, and on-off time. The programs are capable of being modified with a programming station connected to the pulse generator with a RS232-C serial connection.