Patent ID: 8942808
Filing Date: 2015-01-27
Classification: A61H,A61N

Abstract:
1. An implantable electroacupuncture (EA) device comprising a thin, leadless, disc-shaped housing having a diameter of 2-3 cm and a thickness of 2-4 mm, electrical stimulation circuitry on the inside of the housing and two electrodes formed on the outside of the housing, with one electrode comprising a central electrode positioned in the center of one side of the housing, and with the other electrode comprising a ring electrode positioned around the edge of the disc-shaped housing, and wherein the two electrodes on the outside of the housing are coupled to the stimulation circuitry on the inside of the housing, the stimulation circuitry being configured to generate EA stimulation pulses that are applied to the electrodes following a prescribed stimulation regimen, the prescribed stimulation regimen causing EA stimulation pulses to be generated during a stimulation session of T 3 minutes, which stimulation session occurs only during nighttime hours and only once every T 4 days, whereby the stimulation regimen restricts the timing of when the stimulation pulses are applied to the electrodes so that, when the EA device is implanted near a desired target location of a patient, stimulation pulses are applied to the desired target location only during a stimulation session of T 3 minutes that occurs during nighttime hours no more than once every T 4 days.