Patent ID: 9440076
Filing Date: 2016-09-13
CPC Classification: A61N

Claim Text:
1. A spinal cord stimulation device comprising: an implantable pulse generator; a plurality of implantable stimulation electrodes; a plurality of implantable leads electrically connecting the implantable pulse generator and the optional trial implantable pulse generator to the plurality of stimulation electrodes; an external charger having a primary charging coil; a clinician programmer application provided on a computing device; an optional patient programmer application provided on a mobile device; and a communication device allowing communication between the computing device and the optional mobile device and the implantable pulse generator and the optional trial implantable pulse generator the implantable pulse generator comprising: a casing having an epoxy header; a lead contact assembly; a circuit board comprising a plurality of output capacitors, an application specific integrated circuit and a microcontroller, the microcontroller in communication with the communication device and with the application specific integrated circuit; a rechargeable battery; a feedthrough further comprising pins that connect to the circuit board; a RF antenna; and a secondary charging coil wherein the application specific integrated circuit comprising a digital section and an analog section, wherein the digital section comprises digital elements, timing generators, a plurality of comparators, arbitration control, pulse burst conditioner, and electrode logic, and wherein the analog section comprises field effect transistors and a plurality of digital-to-analog convertors, wherein the arbitration control analyzes the timing generator envelope signals and permits only one signal to be active at a time.