Patent ID: 8712547
Filing Date: 2014-04-29
Classification: A61N

Abstract:
1. An implantable stimulation device comprising: a device body; a power source disposed within the device body; at least one set of partitioned electrodes disposed on a portion of the device body, coupled to the power source, and configured and arranged for application of electrical stimulation to adjacent tissue, each set of partitioned electrodes comprising a plurality of partitioned electrodes disposed around a circumference of the device body, wherein the implantable stimulation device is configured and arranged so that each one of the partitioned electrodes is independently programmable with respect to every other one of the partitioned electrodes; and insulating material separating the partitioned electrodes from each other; wherein the implantable stimulation device is configured and arranged for implantation near at least one neuron and for providing therapeutic electrical stimulation to the at least one neuron through the partitioned electrodes.