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US 8,478,420 B2Granted
Implantable medical device charge balance assessment
AssigneeCyberonics, Inc.
InventorsRandolph K. Armstrong, Scott A. Armstrong
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Abstract
A method is provided including delivering at least one electrical signal to tissue of a patient through an electrode. The method further includes assessing whether a net charge remains on the electrode a predetermined period of time after the delivery of the electrical signal. Systems for delivering such a signal, and assessing whether a net charge remains on the electrode providing the signal, are also provided.
Claims12
A method for charge balance assessment in an implantable medical device, the method comprising:
- delivering, via a current source, at least one electrical signal to tissue of a patient through an electrode;
- and
- assessing, via a charge balance determination unit, whether a net charge remains on the electrode a predetermined period of time after the delivery of the electrical signal;
- wherein said predetermined period of time is at least one hour.
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