Methods and systems for treating a chronic low back pain condition using an implantable electroacupuncture device
US10940313B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 25, 2017 |
| Grant date | Mar 9, 2021 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 11, 2037 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T29/49002
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An exemplary method treating a chronic low back pain condition in a patient includes 1) generating, by an electroacupuncture device implanted beneath a skin surface of the patient, stimulation sessions at a duty cycle that is less than 0.05, and 2) applying, by the electroacupuncture device in accordance with the duty cycle, the stimulation sessions to a target tissue location within the patient by way of an electrode array located within the patient at an acupoint corresponding to the target tissue location.
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