IP Library Patent Application 14816846
Patent Application
App. No. 14/816,846

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TREATMENT OF DRY EYE

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14/816,846
Abstract

A stimulation system stimulates anatomical targets in a patient for treatment of dry eye. The system may include a controller and a microstimulator. The controller may be implemented externally to or internally within the microstimulator. The components of the controller and microstimulator may be implemented in a single unit or in separate devices. When implemented separately, the controller and microstimulator may communicate wirelessly or via a wired connection. The microstimulator may generate pulses from a controller signal and apply the signal via one or more electrodes to an anatomical target. The microstimulator may not have any intelligence or logic to shape or modify a signal. The microstimulator may be a passive device configured to generate a pulse based on a signal received from the controller. The microstimulator may shape or modify a signal. Waveforms having different frequency, amplitude and period characteristics may stimulate different anatomical targets in a patient.

Claims (1)

1 . An implantable microstimulator for treating conditions of the eye having a length of about 0.6 cm to about 1.5 cm and a width of about 1 mm to about 1.5 mm and comprising a passive stimulation circuit.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 12, 2017
From: ACKERMANN, DOUGLAS MICHAEL; PALANKER, DANIEL; LOUDIN, JAMES DONALD; SMITH, GARRETT CALE; MCCRAY, VICTOR WAYNE; FELKINS, BRANDON MCNARY
To: THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY
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