| CPC A61N 1/375 (2013.01) [A61N 1/05 (2013.01); A61N 1/37205 (2013.01); A61N 1/3787 (2013.01); A61N 1/37229 (2013.01); H01Q 1/273 (2013.01); H01Q 1/38 (2013.01); H05K 1/118 (2013.01); H05K 1/189 (2013.01); H05K 2201/0939 (2013.01)] | 14 Claims |

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1. A method of using an implantable electronic device in a body, the method comprising:
converting electrical energy into electrical pulses via one or more circuit components attached to a flexible circuit board in the implantable electronic device, the flexible circuit board being rectangular in shape and substantially planar; and
applying the electrical pulses to tissue via one or more substantially cylindrical electrodes, the flexible circuit board passing through openings in the one or more electrodes and the one or more electrodes attached to the flexible circuit board in the openings via one or more joints and without cables connecting the one or more electrodes to each other or to the flexible circuit board.
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