Patent ID: 8831747
Filing Date: 2014-09-09
Classification: A61N

Abstract:
1. A leadless neurostimulation (NS) device comprising: a device body having opposite first and second ends and an active side that extends between the first and second ends; electrodes forming a multi-electrode array along the active side of the device body, the multi-electrode array configured to interface with nervous tissue in an epidural space of a patient and generate electric fields along the nervous tissue; and an electronic sub-system provided within the device body, the electronic sub-system comprising a switching circuitry, a power source, and an inductive coil operably coupled to the power source, the electronic sub-system configured to provide electrical pulses to the multi-electrode array for generating the electric fields, the inductive coil configured to receive electrical power through inductive coupling with an external coil to charge the power source, wherein the device body, including the inductive coil coupled thereto, is sized and shaped to be disposed within the epidural space of the patient.