Patent ID: 9744347
Date: 2017-08-29
CPC Classifications: A61B,A61N

Claim:
1. A medical device for providing an electrical stimulation therapy for a patient, the medical device comprising: telemetry circuitry configured to receive programming instructions via telecommunications conducted with an electronic programmer; stimulation circuitry configured to provide, in response to the received programming instructions, a plurality of electrical pulses to be delivered to the patient as a part, of the electrical stimulation therapy, wherein the stimulation circuitry contains a microcontroller configured to generate the electrical pulses, wherein each electrical pulse includes a primary phase, an interphase after the primary phase, and a passive recovery phase after the primary phase, and wherein consecutive electrical pulses are separated by a standby period, the microcontroller being further configured to: power supply circuitry configured to provide electrical power to the telemetry circuitry and the stimulation circuitry.