Mark W. Cowan;Axel F. Brisken;Richard E. Riley;Debra S. Echt
发明人:
Mark W. Cowan,Richard E. Riley,Axel F. Brisken,Debra S. Echt
申请号：
US13008433
公开号：
US08494643B2
申请日:
2011.01.18
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2013
代理人:
摘要：
Systems and methods are disclosed to stimulate nerves to treat medical conditions such as pain, and other conditions, such as, CHF, obesity, incontinence, etc., that could be controlled by the stimulation of the vagal nerves. The invention uses electrical stimulation of the nerve, where vibrational energy from a source is received by an implanted device and converted to electrical energy and the converted electrical energy is used by implanted electrodes to stimulate the pre-determined nerve site. The vibrational energy is generated by a controller-transmitter, which could be implanted or located externally. The vibrational energy is received by a receiver-stimulator, which could be located in the various regions on or around the nerve that needs to be stimulated. The implantable receiver-stimulator stimulates different nerves and regions of a nerve to provide therapeutic benefit.
