Device for controlling the electric charge on stimulating electrodes

US9037255B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• PIXIUM VISION SA · FR

Inventors

• Andre Rocke · Garbsen, DE
• Maurits Ortmanns · Ulm, DE
• Norbert Unger · Braunschweig, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 9, 2005
• Grant date: May 19, 2015
• Expiry date: Dec 5, 2029

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61N1/36128
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A device for stimulating living tissue or nerves by individual or repeated stimulating pulses via stimulating electrodes which stimulate living tissue or nerves by stimulating pulses includes an electrical circuit which regulates the electric voltage or charge on the stimulating electrodes as a function of the electric voltage between the stimulating electrodes and reduces or equalises imbalances of electric charges on the stimulating electrodes. This device is capable of equalizing the electric charge on the stimulating electrodes of a stimulation system. The device and the process for using the device have the advantage that imbalances of electric charges on the stimulating electrodes, and the associated disadvantageous effects on the tissue and on the nerves, are avoided or eliminated. Furthermore, the device has a small space requirement.