Patent ID: 11957896
Assignee: HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. An intraesophageal electrostimulator configured to be arranged in an esophagus to electrically stimulate a spinal cord via an inner wall surface of the esophagus, comprising:
at least one stimulating electrode that is configured to be arranged in the esophagus to electrically stimulate the inner wall surface of the esophagus;
a stimulator body that is formed elongated at least with a length from a mouth to a throat and holds the stimulating electrode; and
a power feed line that supplies electricity to the stimulating electrode,
wherein the stimulator body is formed in a flat plate shape having a length at least from the mouth to the throat, having flexibility at least in a longitudinal direction, and further having a width that expands a lumen of the esophagus outward,
the stimulating electrode is provided at a center portion in the width direction of the stimulator body, and
the stimulator body includes a first flat plate member formed in a flat plate shape, and a second flat plate member formed in a flat plate shape having a narrower width than that of the first flat plate member and overlapping with the first flat plate member.