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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 20, 2008
Sonbol Massoud-ansari, El Dorado Hills, CA (US);
Nader Najafi, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Sonbol Massoud-Ansari, El Dorado Hills, CA (US);
Nader Najafi, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Integrated Sensing Systems, Inc., Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Abstract
An implantable system and method for deep brain stimulation (DBS) treatments. The implantable system is sufficiently small and self-contained to enable implantation of the entire system within the brain, or optionally within the brain and the surrounding tissue. The system comprises an implantable inductor on which a voltage is induced when subjected to an electromagnetic field, and an implantable device comprising a housing, stimulating elements at an exterior surface of the housing, and electronics within the housing and electrically connected to the implantable inductor. The electronics produces a brain-stimulating current from the voltage induced on the implantable inductor and then delivers the brain-stimulating current to the stimulating elements. Deep brain stimulation is performed by subjecting the inductor to an electromagnetic field to induce a voltage on the inductor that powers the electronics to produce and deliver the brain-stimulating current to the stimulating elements.