Implanted active electronic device and electric stimulation with current foldback circuit
Technical field
The present invention relates to the implantable medical device field, especially have the implanted active electronic device and the implantation type electric stimulation system of current foldback circuit.
Background technology
In the prior art, comprise that the electric stimulation of implanted active electronic device has obtained application more and more widely as treatment or prophylactic a kind of means.Implantation type electric stimulation system generally includes implantable cardiac electric stimulation (being commonly called as cardiac pacemaker) and implantable nerve electric stimulation, mainly comprises the pulse generator, electrode and the external control device that implant.Wherein, Pulse generator is connected with electrode; Thereby the burst transmissions that pulse generator produced is arrived electrode, and the pulse signal that pulse generator produces transfers to heart by electrode or electricity irritation is carried out at specific neural position, thereby makes function of human body return to the state of normal operation.
Because pulse generator is the intravital active electronic device of implant into body; And the inner power supply of pulse generator is generally the bigger lithium battery of capacity;, the inner control circuit of pulse generator must guarantee that electric current can not be excessive when breaking down (like short trouble), otherwise the safety that will cause battery and the heating of pulse generator shell to threaten patient.
Implantation type electric stimulation system does not in the market all have the overcurrent defencive function.In order to address the above problem, can prevent that the excessive generation of electric current is overheated through the method for series limiting resistor between power supply and main circuit board.Yet adopt this method to make the active voltage of internal control circuit of pulse generator just descend, increased meaningless energy consumption and shortened service life of Implantable Pulse Generator.Other has a kind of overcurrent protection solution; The fuse of between power supply and main circuit board, only connecting; Fuse failure makes system's power failure when big electric current appears in system; Though can prevent effectively that implantable medical equipment from producing overheatedly causes danger to patient, because the interruption of system's power supply makes it can't keep due function, practical value is little for implant patient.
Summary of the invention
To the deficiency that exists in the prior art, the technical problem that the present invention will solve provides a kind of implanted active electronic device with current foldback circuit, and energy consumption was less when it can guarantee when fault, not produce excessive electric current and operate as normal.
According to a kind of technical scheme provided by the present invention; A kind of Implantable Pulse Generator with current foldback circuit; The current foldback circuit module and the main circuit module that comprise power supply, be in series with said power supply, said current foldback circuit module comprise current-limiting resistance and the fuse that is in parallel with said current-limiting resistance.Fuse described in this description is meant when blowout current surpasses certain value, device that can automatic shutoff circuit.
Preferably, said fuse is disposable fusing electric fuse or resettable fuse, the two kinds of equal ability of electric fuse moment disconnecting circuits when big electric current occurring.If after just instantaneous large-current and fault were got rid of automatically, resettable fuse also can recover minimum resistance automatically when electric current recovers, need not the manual work replacing.
Preferably, the blowout current scope of described fuse is 10~500 milliamperes.
Preferably, the Standard resistance range of described current-limiting resistance is 5~50 ohm.
Preferably, this active electronic device is an Implantable Pulse Generator.
Preferably, this active electronic device is implantable sensor system or implanted actuator system.
Another technical problem that the present invention will solve provides a kind of implantable nerve electric stimulation with current foldback circuit, comprises the as above described pulse generator of claim.
Preferably, this implantable nerve electric stimulation is a kind of in implanted brain deep electric stimulation, implanted cortex electric stimulation, implanted spinal cord stimulation trial system, implanted sacral nerves electric stimulation or the implanted vagus nerve electric stimulation.
The present invention also provides a kind of implantable cardiac pacing system with circuit overcurrent protection, comprises aforesaid Implantable Pulse Generator.
The present invention also provides a kind of implanted rhythm of the heart with circuit overcurrent protection to change multiple defibrillation system, comprises aforesaid Implantable Pulse Generator.
Advantage compared with prior art of the present invention is: because the current foldback circuit module of between the main circuit module of implanted active electronic device and power supply, having connected and having been composed in parallel by current-limiting resistance and fuse; When system's operate as normal; The fuse of electric current in overcurrent holding circuit module forms the loop, because the power consumption of the extremely low system of fuse resistance is also very low; When system breaks down when being short-circuited (puncturing like excessive, the non-critical piece of leakage current) like the main circuit module; When electric current increases greater than the blowout current of fuse; Fuse failure, electric current forms the loop via current-limiting resistance, has avoided internal system the health that super-high-current causes the battery heating to jeopardize implant patient to occur; Guaranteed that simultaneously the active electronic device still has certain function, such as stimulatory function.
Description of drawings
Accompanying drawing 1 is active electronic principle of device block diagram of the present invention (first kind of embodiment);
Accompanying drawing 2 is active electronic apparatus system module map of the present invention (first kind of embodiment);
Accompanying drawing 3 is active electronic principle of device block diagram of the present invention (second kind of embodiment);
Accompanying drawing 4 is active electronic apparatus system module map of the present invention (second kind of embodiment);
Accompanying drawing 5 is an implantation type electric stimulation system module map of the present invention;
Wherein: 1, pulse generator; 11, power supply; 12, main circuit module; 13, current foldback circuit module; 131, current-limiting resistance; 132, fuse; 2, external control device; 3, electrode.
The specific embodiment
Below in conjunction with accompanying drawing the present invention is done further detailed explanation:
See figures.1.and.2; A kind of implanted active electronic device with current foldback circuit; The main circuit module 12 and the current foldback circuit module 13 that comprise power supply 11 (being generally lithium battery), be in series with said power supply 11, said current foldback circuit module 13 comprise current-limiting resistance 131 and the fuse 132 that is in parallel with said current-limiting resistance 131.
When system's operate as normal, the fuse 132 formation loops of electric current in overcurrent holding circuit module 13, because the internal resistance value of fuse 132 is extremely low near 0 ohm, so the power consumption of system is also extremely low; When system breaks down (being short-circuited like main circuit module 12); Electric current will increase suddenly; Fuse failure during greater than the blowout current of fuse, electric current have avoided active electronic device inside the health that super-high-current causes the battery heating to jeopardize implant patient to occur via current-limiting resistance 131 formation loops; And still can keep certain function when having guaranteed fault, have stimulatory function or communication function such as still producing boost pulse.
Fuse 132 can be disposable fusing electric fuse or resettable fuse, and the two kinds of equal ability of electric fuse moment disconnecting circuits still can be realized certain function (like communication function) when guaranteeing pulse generator failure when big electric current occurring.If just instantaneous large-current is got rid of the back resettable fuse automatically when fault and also can when electric current recovers, be recovered minimum resistance automatically, need not artificial the replacing.
The blowout current scope of the fuse that is adopted is 10~500 milliamperes, and the blowout current in the present embodiment is 100 milliamperes, and the Standard resistance range of current-limiting resistance is 5~50 ohm, and the resistance of current-limiting resistance is 15 ohm in the present embodiment.Certainly according to the situation of different system, the optional blowout current of fuse also can be other numerical value such as 80,90,102,105,120 amperes, other numerical value such as also optional 10,13,16,18,20 ohm of the resistance of current-limiting resistance.
With reference to Fig. 3 and Fig. 4 is the another kind of embodiment with implanted active electronic device of current foldback circuit, and the structure of overcurrent protection module 13 is identical with above-mentioned embodiment with operation principle.Different with Fig. 1 and Fig. 2 is; The current foldback circuit module 13 of implanted active electronic device is the part of main circuit module 12; Current foldback circuit module 13 is connected between the remaining circuit module of power supply 11 and main circuit module 12, plays the effect of protection main circuit module 12.
Above-mentioned active electronic device can be Implantable Pulse Generator, produces boost pulse to neuronal target or heart, shown in accompanying drawing 5.Also can be as the executor in pick off in the implantable sensor system or the implanted actuator system.
With reference to Fig. 5, a kind of implantable nerve electric stimulation is an example with implanted brain deep electric stimulation, comprises the intravital pulse generator of implant patient 1, electrode 2, and the external control device 3 that is positioned at the external output parameter that is used for regulating impulse generator 1.Pulse generator 1 is electrically connected with electrode 2, thereby the burst transmissions that pulse generator 1 is produced is arrived electrode 2, so that neuronal target is carried out electricity irritation, reaches the effect of diseases such as the treatment dyskinesia, parkinson.Different with prior art is, the pulse generator of the stimulating system in the present embodiment has above-mentioned current foldback circuit module 13, and this current foldback circuit module 13 is formed by current-limiting resistance 131 and with the fuse 132 that said current-limiting resistance 131 is in parallel.
This implantable nerve electric stimulation can be a kind of in implanted brain deep electric stimulation, implanted cortex electric stimulation, implanted spinal cord stimulation trial system, implanted sacral nerves electric stimulation or the implanted vagus nerve electric stimulation.Certainly according to the difference of treatment disease, have this current foldback circuit module and also can be applied to other implantation type electric stimulation system.
The present invention also provides a kind of and has comprised that this implantable cardiac pacing system (pacemaker) and the implanted rhythm of the heart with Implantable Pulse Generator of current foldback circuit changes multiple defibrillation system (ICD); Increase the reliability of implantable cardiac pacemaker and cardioverter-defibrillators, and when fault, still can keep having certain function.
Above specific embodiments of the invention is described.Be illustrative for description of the invention among this paper, thereby scope of the present invention should not be limited to the above-mentioned specific embodiment.It will be apparent to one skilled in the art that and under the situation that does not break away from purport of the present invention or substitutive characteristics, the above-mentioned specific embodiment is carried out other distortion or change, also should be regarded as protection scope of the present invention.