Method of routing electrical current to bodily tissues via implanted passive conductors
CA 2553901 C · Owner: 2249020 Alberta Inc. · Inventors: Prochazka, Arthur
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The invention provides an implant for electrically stimulating a target body tissue in a subject. The implant provides a conductive pathway for a portion of electrical current flowing between surface electrodes positioned on the subject's skin and transmits that current to the target body tissue. The implant has an electrical conductor of sufficient length to extend from subcutaneous tissue located below a surface cathodic electrode to the target body tissue. The conductor has a pick-up end which forms an electrical termination having a sufficient surface area to allow a sufficient portion of the electrical current to flow through the conductor in preference to flowing , through …
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- Filed January 24, 2005 and granted January 20, 2015. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended January 24, 2025.
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