Patent ID: 11969600
Assignee: ADVANCED NEUROMODULATION SYSTEMS, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 6:
7. The IMD as recited in claim 6, wherein, when the IMD is disposed in a discharge mode after providing stimulation therapy to the patient, the discharge mode involving disabling of the pulse signal, the first DM switch associated with the first electrode is activated to be in an open state and the first SES switch associated with the first electrode is activated to be in a closed state to couple to a cathodic node of the particular one of the at least one stimulation engine while the second SES switch associated with the second electrode remains in the closed state, thereby continuing to maintain an electrical connection between the second electrode and the cathodic node of the particular one of the at least one stimulation engine.