Jeffrey H. Greiner,David K. L. Peterson,Chuladatta Thenuwara
申请号：
US15700013
公开号：
US10518082B2
申请日:
2017.09.08
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2019
代理人:
摘要：
An electroacupuncture device for treating hypertension in a patient includes 1) a housing configured to be implanted beneath a skin surface of the patient at an acupoint corresponding to a target tissue location within the patient, the acupoint comprising at least one of PC5, PC6, ST36, and ST37, 2) a central electrode of a first polarity and centrally located and substantially planar on a first surface of the housing, 3) an annular electrode of a second polarity and that surrounds the central electrode on the first surface of the housing, the annular electrode being spaced apart from the central electrode, and 4) pulse generation circuitry located within the housing and electrically coupled to the annular and central electrodes.
