Patent ID: 9480843
Filing Date: 2016-11-01
CPC Classification: A61B,A61N,G01R

Claim Text:
1. A device for electrically stimulating cells, comprising: an electric energy storage at a first position, and a plurality of control electronics at a second position and/or at the first position; a wireless action at a distance electronic device capable of transmitting and receiving information at a distance, the action at a distance electronic device having electronic circuit means for transmitting and/or receiving electronic address bits and/or electronic control bits using a wireless action at a distance device; a picafina device body with a proximal extremity, a distal extremity, an inner lumen and an outer surface; a plurality of stimulating electrodes on the outer surface of the picafina in fixed relative positions at the distal extremity; a plurality of first on/off switches, each of the first on/off switches associated with one of the stimulating electrodes for selecting the associated stimulating electrode; a first plurality of wires running inside the lumen of the picafina with a proximal extremity and a distal extremity; a second plurality of wires running outside the picafina with a proximal extremity and a distal extremity; wherein the first plurality of wires have wires comprising a group of electric power wires, each electric power wire at a different voltage level or at the same voltage level or at a different current level or at the same current level, the first plurality of wires being connected to the stimulating electrodes via the plurality of first on/off switches at their distal extremity and to the second plurality of wires at their proximal extremity; a plurality of second on/off switches, each of the second on/off switches associated with one of the wires belonging to the first plurality of wires running inside the lumen; the second plurality of wires running outside the picafina device body configured to connect the first plurality of wires to the electric energy storage; the means for transmitting and/or receiving electronic address bits and/or electronic control bits using a wireless action at a distance device having sufficient bits to form a first address to uniquely identify each of the stimulating electrodes and to form a second address to uniquely identify each of the wires from the first plurality of wires; a plurality of first address decoders, wherein each of the first address decoders having a first unique digital address is capable of selecting the state of one of the first on/off switches according to the first address from the means for transmitting and/or receiving electronic address bits and/or electronic control bits using a wireless action at a distance device; a plurality of second address decoders, wherein each of the second address decoders having a second unique digital address is capable of selecting the state of the second on/off switches according to the second address from the means for transmitting and/or receiving electronic address bits and/or electronic control bits using a wireless action at a distance device; wherein the first address asserted on the means for transmitting and/or receiving electronic address bits and/or electronic control bits using a wireless action at a distance device and conveyed to the first address decoders at the picafina is compared to the first unique digital addresses of the first address decoders and when the respective first unique address of one of the first address decoders is equal to the first address asserted on the means for transmitting and/or receiving electronic address bits and/or electronic control bits using a wireless action at a distance device, the respective first address decoder causes the associated first on/off switch to enter the “on” state to select the associated stimulating electrodes, and the second address asserted on the means for transmitting and/or receiving electronic address bits and/or electronic control bits using a wireless action at a distance device at the control electronics and conveyed to the second address decoders at the picafina is compared to the second unique digital addresses of the second address decoders, and when the respective second unique address of one of the second address decoders is equal to the second address asserted on the means for transmitting and/or receiving electronic address bits and/or electronic control bits using a wireless action at a distance device the respective second address decoder causes the associated second on/off switch to enter the “on” state to select the associated one of the wires from the first plurality of wires, thereby creating a completed electrical connection between the selected stimulating electrode and the selected one of the wires from the first plurality of wires; wherein the stimulating electrodes are configured to apply a stimulating electric energy to the cells in the vicinity of the stimulating electrode.