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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 14, 2013
Applicant:
Cyberonics, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Eric Y. Chow, Houston, TX (US);
David L. Thompson, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
Cyberonics, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/00 (2006.01); A61N 1/36 (2006.01); A61N 1/08 (2006.01); A61N 1/14 (2006.01); A61N 1/05 (2006.01); A61N 1/39 (2006.01); A61N 1/37 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/36125 (2013.01); A61N 1/36142 (2013.01); A61N 1/05 (2013.01); A61N 1/08 (2013.01); A61N 1/14 (2013.01); A61N 1/3718 (2013.01); A61N 1/3912 (2013.01);
Abstract
A particular implantable device includes one or more electrode connectors and multiple circuit elements within a housing. The implantable medical device may also include one or more switches, where each switch of the one or more switches is coupled between one or more of the multiple circuit elements and at least one electrode connector of the one or more electrode connectors.