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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 06, 2012
Douglas Michael Ackermann, San Francisco, CA (US);
James Donald Loudin, Houston, TX (US);
Janusz Kuzma, Bayview, AU;
Daniel Palanker, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Scott Franklin Wetenkamp, Los Altos, CA (US);
Douglas Michael Ackermann, San Francisco, CA (US);
James Donald Loudin, Houston, TX (US);
Janusz Kuzma, Bayview, AU;
Daniel Palanker, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Scott Franklin Wetenkamp, Los Altos, CA (US);
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Oculeve, Inc., South San Francisco, CA (US);
Abstract
Described here are stimulation systems and methods for stimulating one or more anatomical targets in a patient for treatment conditions such as dry eye. The stimulation system may include a controller and a microstimulator. The components of the controller and microstimulator may be implemented in a single unit or in separate devices. When implemented separately, the controller and microstimulator may communicate wirelessly or via a wired connection. The microstimulator may generate pulses from a signal received from the controller and apply the signal via one or more electrodes to an anatomical target. In some variations, the microstimulator may include a passive generation circuit configured to generate a pulse based on a signal received from the controller.