US 12,465,776 B2
Implantable power adapter
Keith Mcbride, Ventura, CA (US); and Arkady Glukhovsky, Valencia, CA (US)
Assigned to Bioness Inc., Valencia, CA (US)
Filed by Bioness Inc., Valencia, CA (US)
Filed on Jan. 11, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/410,217.
Application 17/379,220 is a division of application No. 16/504,623, filed on Jul. 8, 2019, granted, now 11,065,461, issued on Jul. 20, 2021.
Application 18/410,217 is a continuation of application No. 17/379,220, filed on Jul. 19, 2021, granted, now 11,890,485.
Prior Publication US 2024/0399159 A1, Dec. 5, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61N 1/378 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61N 1/372 (2006.01)
CPC A61N 1/378 (2013.01) [A61N 1/37211 (2013.01); A61B 5/0031 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus, comprising:
a housing configured to be coupled to an implantable electrical conductor such that a pick-up electrode of the implantable electrical conductor is insulated from energy outside the housing; and
a circuit disposed in the housing and electrically connected to conductive exterior surface of the housing, the circuit configured to be electrically connected to the pick-up electrode of the implantable electrical conductor when the housing is coupled to the implantable electrical conductor,
the circuit, when the housing is coupled to the implantable electrical conductor and implanted in a body, configured to:
(i) receive, transcutaneously from an electrical pulse generating device and via the conductive exterior surface of the housing, a first electric energy;
(ii) convert the first electric energy to a second electric energy; and
(iii) transmit, to the pick-up electrode, the second electric energy such that the implantable electrical conductor can apply, via a stimulating electrode different from the pick-up electrode, the second electric energy to a region in the body.