Patent ID: 11872400
Assignee: CURONIX LLC
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 5:
6. An implantable stimulator comprising:
one or more electrodes configured to apply one or more stimulation pulses to a neural tissue;
a first antenna configured to receive, from a second antenna through electrical radiative coupling, an input signal containing electrical energy, the second antenna being physically separate from the implantable stimulator; and
a circuit coupled to the first antenna and the one or more electrodes and configured to generate the stimulation pulses suitable to stimulate the neural tissue using the electrical energy contained in the input signal and to supply the stimulation pulses to the one or more electrodes, wherein the implantable stimulator includes an enclosure for the first antenna and the circuit and that comprises a cylindrical or semi-cylindrical shape and the one or more electrodes are positioned along the enclosure to direct a current associated with the stimulation pulses in a direction that is substantially perpendicular to the neural tissue.