US 12,109,408 B2
Implantable electrical stimulation device with a flexible electrode
Daniël Schobben, Eindhoven (NL); Hubert Martens, Eindhoven (NL); and Mailys Guillard, Eindhoven (NL)
Assigned to SALVIA BIOELECTRONIC B.V., Eindhoven (NL)
Appl. No. 17/609,755
Filed by SALVIA BIOELECTRONICS B.V., Eindhoven (NL)
PCT Filed May 8, 2020, PCT No. PCT/IB2020/054387
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 8, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/225793, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 12, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2023093 (NL), filed on May 9, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0218985 A1, Jul. 14, 2022
Int. Cl. A61N 1/05 (2006.01); A61N 1/36 (2006.01)
CPC A61N 1/0534 (2013.01) [A61N 1/0531 (2013.01); A61N 1/0551 (2013.01); A61N 1/36007 (2013.01); A61N 1/36064 (2013.01); A61N 1/36075 (2013.01); A61N 1/36085 (2013.01); A61N 1/361 (2013.01); A61N 1/36117 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An implantable stimulation device comprising:
an elongated substrate disposed along a longitudinal axis, the substrate having a first and second surface, the substrate further comprising:
a flexible electrode; and
one or more interconnections disposed between the first and second surface;
the flexible electrode further comprising:
a first portion, disposed along a first portion plane, and
a second portion, disposed along a second portion plane, the first portion and second portion being in direct electrical connection through the one or more interconnections while being physically separated by one or more bending interruptions;
wherein the one or more bending interruptions are configured and arranged to have a lower bending resistance than the first and second portion whereby an orientation of the first portion plane is allowed to deviate from an orientation of the second portion plane at the one or more bending interruptions.