Patent ID: 7996087

Claim:
A method for selecting and optimizing the implant locations of a controller-transmitter device and a receiver-stimulator device, said method comprising: (a) positioning a controller-transmitter at a remote tissue location; (b) positioning a receiver-stimulator at a target tissue location; (c) activating the controller-transmitter to deliver acoustic energy to the receiver-stimulator so that said receiver-stimulator delivers electrical energy into the target tissue location; (d) observing a first response; (e) repositioning at least one of the controller-transmitter and the receiver-stimulator and observing a subsequent response; (f) comparing the first and subsequent response; (g) determining whether the controller-transmitter and receiver-stimulator positions are satisfactory; (h) repeating steps (e)-(g) until the controller-transmitter and receiver-stimulator positions are satisfactory; (i) selecting the positions that are satisfactory; and (j) implanting an implantable controller-transmitter device and the receiver-stimulator device at the selected positions.