The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
发明人:
Douglas Michael Ackermann,Daniel Palanker,James Donald Loudin,Garrett Cale Smith,Victor Wayne McCray,Brandon McNary Felkins
申请号：
US14561107
公开号：
US09095723B2
申请日:
2014.12.04
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2015
代理人:
摘要：
A stimulation system stimulates anatomical targets in a patient for treatment of dry eye. The system may include a controller and a microstimulator. The controller may be implemented externally to or internally within the 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 controller signal and apply the signal via one or more electrodes to an anatomical target. The microstimulator may not have any intelligence or logic to shape or modify a signal. The microstimulator may be a passive device configured to generate a pulse based on a signal received from the controller. The microstimulator may shape or modify a signal. Waveforms having different frequency, amplitude and period characteristics may stimulate different anatomical targets in a patient.
