Stimulation control for enhanced energy harvesting

Abstract

Devices for energy harvesting are disclosed herein. The present disclosure concerns a device (400) comprising: an energy harvesting mechanism (422) configured to produce energy from physiological motion of a patient; one or more electrodes (402a, 402b, 402c) configured to deliver electrical stimulation to the patient; a power source (420) operably coupled to the energy harvesting mechanism and the one or more electrodes; processing circuitry (414); and a memory (418) operably coupled to the processing circuitry and storing instructions that, when executed by the processing circuitry, cause the device to perform operations comprising: determining (702) a power output of the energy harvesting mechanism; determining (704) a stimulation signal configured to adjust the physiological motion to increase the power output of the energy harvesting mechanism; delivering (706) the stimulation signal to the patient using the one or more electrodes; and charging (708) the power source using the energy harvesting mechanism.

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