Abstract: A stimulation system designed to be implanted in a person and including several distributed elements connected by a wire bus comprising an energy wire, a data wire and a reference wire.
Type:
Application
Filed:
December 8, 2022
Publication date:
February 6, 2025
Applicants:
NEURINNOV, INRIA - INSTITUT NATIONAL DE RECHERCHE EN INFORMATIQUE ET EN AUTOMATIQUE, UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTPELLIER
Inventors:
David ANDREU, Milan DEMARCQ, David GUIRAUD
Abstract: An active implantable medical device including, once implanted, a module external to the patient and a module inside the patient, the external module and the internal module being intended to transfer energy and data from one to the other. Also, a method for transferring energy and data, the method being implemented by the active implantable medical device.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 24, 2021
Date of Patent:
December 31, 2024
Assignees:
NEURINNOV, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE, INRIA—INSTITUT NATIONAL DE RECHERCHE EN INFORMATIQUE ET EN AUTOMATIQUE, UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTPELLIER
Inventors:
David Andreu, David Guiraud, Brice Sorli, Arnaud Vena
Abstract: A current switcher including: a positive supply bus and a negative supply bus; a floating-output current amplifier configured to make flow, as an output, an intermediate current dependent on a flowing setpoint current implied as an input; at least one anodic reference dipole connected between the positive supply bus and the floating-output current amplifier; at least one cathodic reference dipole connected between the floating-output current amplifier and the negative supply bus; and at least two stimulation bridges, each stimulation bridge including an anodic current source and a cathodic current source each configured to copy the intermediate current.
Type:
Application
Filed:
July 29, 2022
Publication date:
October 17, 2024
Applicants:
NEURINNOV, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE - CNRS, INRIA - INSTITUT NATIONAL DE RECHERCHE EN INFORMATIQUE ET EN AUTOMATIQUE, UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTPELLIER
Inventors:
David GUIRAUD, David ANDREU, Milan DEMARCQ, Guy CATHEBRAS, Sami AJRAM
Abstract: A neural stimulation device configured to apply neural activations including at least two interleaved sequences of current pulses, and a neurostimulation method. The device includes at least one neural electrode including at least two electrical contacts and intended to be implanted on at least one nerve; a current pulse generator connected to the at least one neural electrode via a current distributor; a storage element configured to contain a library of sequences, each sequence including a time series of current pulses associated with a configuration of electrical contacts; and a sequencer configured to apply neural activation to the at least one neural electrode, the neural activation including at least two interleaved sequences.
Type:
Application
Filed:
July 29, 2022
Publication date:
October 10, 2024
Applicants:
NEURINNOV, INRIA - INSTITUT NATIONAL DE RECHERCHE EN INFORMATIQUE ET EN AUTOMATIQUE, UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTPELLIER
Abstract: An active implantable medical device including, once implanted, a module external to the patient and a module inside the patient, the external module and the internal module being intended to transfer energy and data from one to the other. Also, a method for transferring energy and data, the method being implemented by the active implantable medical device.
Type:
Application
Filed:
September 24, 2021
Publication date:
November 16, 2023
Applicants:
NEURINNOV, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE, INRIA - INSTITUT NATIONAL DE RECHERCHE EN INFORMATIQUE ET EN AUTOMATIQUE, UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTPELLIER
Inventors:
David ANDREU, David GUIRAUD, Brice SORLI, Arnaud VENA