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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 05, 2016
Biotronik SE & Co. KG, Berlin, DE;
Marcelo Baru, Tualatin, OR (US);
Andrew B. Kibler, Lake Oswego, OR (US);
BIOTRONIK SE & Co. KG, , DE;
Abstract
An implantable pulse generator () provides electric stimulation pulses for nerve stimulation via a stimulation lead () having stimulation electrodes (). The electric stimulation pulses form a pulse train including (i) an initial selective-arrest phase for the large-diameter fibers in the vicinity of selected electrodes; (ii) followed by a charge-balanced phase where a charge-balanced alternating current (AC) is applied between the same or other selected electrodes; and (iii) a therapy phase where the charge-balanced alternating current (AC) is briefly unbalanced to deliver nerve stimulation therapy pulses, with the pulse train returning to the charge-balanced phase in between therapy pulses.