Patent ID: 7571002
Filing Date: 2009-08-04
Classification: A61N,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A neuromuscular stimulation assembly comprising at least one electrode sized and configured for implantation in a targeted neural or muscular tissue region, a percutaneous lead electrically coupled to the electrode and including an exposed region adapted to be projecting through an external skin surface of a patient, a carrier sized and configured to be carried by the patient, the carrier also being sized and configured to hold a power source that can be released and replaced, instructions prescribing the release and replacement of the power source according to a preset schedule, an electronics pod removably carried on-board the carrier, the electronics pod including circuitry configured to generate a stimulation pulse, and an electrode connection element carried on-board the carrier that is electrically coupled to the electronics pod, the electrode connection element being sized and configured to electrically engage at least a portion of the exposed region of the lead to electrically couple the electrode to the electronics pod to percutaneously apply the stimulation pulse to the tissue region.