Patents Assigned to NDI Medical, LLC
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Patent number: 9339647Abstract: Systems and methods according to the present invention relate to a novel peripheral nerve stimulation system for the treatment of pain, such as pain that exists after amputation.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2014Date of Patent: May 17, 2016Assignee: NDI Medical, LLCInventors: Robert B. Strother, Jonathan L. Sakai, Joseph W. Boggs, II, Kathryn W. Stager, Maria E. Bennett, Stuart Rubin
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Patent number: 9089708Abstract: Systems and methods for stimulation of neurological tissue apply a stimulation waveform that is derived by a developed genetic algorithm (GA), which may be coupled to a computational model of extracellular stimulation of a mammalian myelinated axon. The waveform is optimized for energy efficiency.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2011Date of Patent: July 28, 2015Assignee: NDI Medical, LLCInventors: Warren M. Grill, Amorn Wongsarnpigoon
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Patent number: 8954153Abstract: It has been discovered that pain felt in a given region of the body can be treated, not by motor point stimulation of muscle in the local region where pain is felt, but by stimulating muscle close to a “nerve of passage” in a region that is superior (i.e., cranial or upstream toward the spinal column) to the region where pain is felt. Spinal nerves such as the intercostal nerves or nerves passing through a nerve plexus, which comprise trunks that divide by divisions and/or cords into branches, comprise “nerves of passage.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2009Date of Patent: February 10, 2015Assignee: NDI Medical, LLCInventor: Joseph W. Boggs, II
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Publication number: 20140194948Abstract: Systems and methods according to the present invention relate to a novel peripheral nerve stimulation system for the treatment of pain, such as pain that exists after amputation.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2014Publication date: July 10, 2014Applicant: NDI Medical, LLCInventors: Robert B. Strother, Jonathan L. Sakai, Joseph W. Boggs, II, Kathryn W. Stager, Maria E. Bennett, Stuart Rubin
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Patent number: 8700177Abstract: Systems and methods according to the present invention relate to a novel peripheral nerve stimulation system for the treatment of pain, such as pain that exists after amputation.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2012Date of Patent: April 15, 2014Assignee: NDI Medical, LLCInventors: Robert B Strother, Jonathan L Sakai, Joseph W Boggs, II, Kathryn W Stager, Maria E Bennett, Stuart Rubin
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Publication number: 20140058495Abstract: Neurostimulation assemblies, systems, and methods make possible the providing of short-term therapy or diagnostic testing by providing electrical connections between muscles and/or nerves inside the body and stimulus generators and/or recording instruments mounted on the surface of the skin or carried outside the body. Neurostimulation assemblies, systems, and methods may include a carrier and an electronics pod, the electronics pod including stimulation generation circuitry and user interface components. A power source and/or flash memory may be incorporated in neurostimulation assembly and/or the return electrode. The assemblies, systems, and methods are adapted to provide coordinated neurostimulation to multiple regions of the body.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2013Publication date: February 27, 2014Applicant: NDI MEDICAL, LLC.Inventors: Johnathan L. Sakai, Maria E. Bennett, Joseph W. Boggs, III, Robert B. Strother, Geoffrey B. Thrope, Kenneth P. Rundle, Stuart F. Rubin
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Patent number: 8616913Abstract: Systems and methods are provided fir coupling a plurality of electrical conductors, such as wires. A connector is provided including a plurality of bores or channels formed into a preferably unitary connector body, wherein at least a portion of one or more of the bores or channels intersects at least a portion of another of the bores or channels. The bores or channels are preferably formed along bore axes, which may be coplanar. A method according to the present invention includes inserting an insulated electrical conductor into a connector body and rotating a conductive rotational member threaded into a bore or channel formed in a connector body so as to electrically contact the conductive portion of the insulated conductor and at least one other electrically conductive surface.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2013Date of Patent: December 31, 2013Assignee: NDI Medical, LLCInventor: Kenneth P. Rundle
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Publication number: 20130204315Abstract: A system according to the present invention provides a portable, non-invasive device adapted to deliver electrical stimulation to a brain, such as to treat tinnitus. Such system is preferably a head-worn system configured to provide transcranial direct current electrical stimulation (tDCS) to a patient, where a therapy based at least partially thereon may be self-administered by the patient. tDCS is a non-invasive method of brain stimulation to treat tinnitus, or other neurological indications, that may provide significant relief. Methods according to the present invention include preferably brief sessions of anodal tDCS to assist in determining adequate electrode location and stimulus intensity by producing transient decreases in tinnitus intensity. Methods may also or alternatively include a number of sessions of cathodal tDCS at a confirmed electrode location and stimulus intensity to provide sustained tinnitus relief.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 6, 2012Publication date: August 8, 2013Applicant: NDI MEDICAL, LLCInventors: AMORN WONGSARNPIGOON, Joseph W. Boggs, II, Stuart F. Rubin, Jonathan L. Sakai
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Publication number: 20130197615Abstract: Systems and methods according to the present invention relate to a substantially extracorporeal pulse generator system for electrical stimulation of one or more target nerve or their branches using one or more preferably percutaneous leads each having one or more electrodes implanted in, on, around, or near the target nerve. Improved systems include a patch assembly configured to be adhesively mounted to a patient's skin and an electrical stimulation assembly configured to be mechanically mounted to the patch assembly. A preferred patch assembly, in addition to provide mechanical mounting of the stimulation assembly, provides a power source for the stimulation assembly, and may further serve as a return electrode. Associated system components and methods of use are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2012Publication date: August 1, 2013Applicant: NDI Medical LLCInventors: KENNETH P. RUNDLE, STEVEN M. GALECKI, MICHAEL MARKS, JOSEPH J. MRVA, JONATHAN L. SAKAI, ROBERT B. STROTHER
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Publication number: 20130137288Abstract: Systems and methods are provided fir coupling a plurality of electrical conductors, such as wires. A connector is provided including a plurality of bores or channels formed into a preferably unitary connector body, wherein at least a portion of one or more of the bores or channels intersects at least a portion of another of the bores or channels. The bores or channels are preferably formed along bore axes, which may be coplanar. A method according to the present invention includes inserting an insulated electrical conductor into a connector body and rotating a conductive rotational member threaded into a bore or channel formed in a connector body so as to electrically contact the conductive portion of the insulated conductor and at least one other electrically conductive surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 21, 2013Publication date: May 30, 2013Applicant: NDI MEDICAL, LLCInventor: NDI MEDICAL, LLC
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Publication number: 20130096641Abstract: Systems and methods according to the present invention relate to a novel peripheral nerve stimulation system for the treatment of pain, such as pain that exists after amputation.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2012Publication date: April 18, 2013Applicant: NDI MEDICAL, LLCInventors: Robert B. Strother, Jonathan L. Sakai, Joseph W. Boggs, Kathryn W. Stager, Maria E. Bennett, Stuart Rubin
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Patent number: 8357006Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for coupling a plurality of electrical conductors, such as wires. A connector is provided including a plurality of bores or channels formed into a preferably unitary connector body, wherein at least a portion of one or more of the bores or channels intersects at least a portion of another of the bores or channels. The bores or channels are preferably formed along bore axes, which may be coplanar. A method according to the present invention includes inserting an insulated electrical conductor into a connector body and rotating a conductive rotational member threaded into a bore or channel formed in a connector body so as to electrically contact the conductive portion of the insulated conductor and at least one other electrically conductive surface.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2012Date of Patent: January 22, 2013Assignee: NDI Medical, LLCInventor: Kenneth P Rundle
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Publication number: 20130018445Abstract: Improved electrical stimulation leads are disclosed. Such leads may be provided with a distal electrode and electrode retention elements, such as tissue anchors. The electrode may be electrically coupled to an electrical connector that is disposed at a proximal end of the lead through one or more cables, which may conduct electricity through one or more conductive strands. The electrode may be formed from an extension of one of such cables coiled about a portion of the lead body.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 17, 2012Publication date: January 17, 2013Applicant: NDI MEDICAL, LLCInventors: JONATHAN L SAKAI, Joseph W. Boggs, II
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Publication number: 20120291271Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for coupling a plurality of electrical conductors, such as wires. A connector is provided including a plurality of bores or channels formed into a preferably unitary connector body, wherein at least a portion of one or more of the bores or channels intersects at least a portion of another of the bores or channels. The bores or channels are preferably formed along bore axes, which may be coplanar. A method according to the present invention includes inserting an insulated electrical conductor into a connector body and rotating a conductive rotational member threaded into a bore or channel formed in a connector body so as to electrically contact the conductive portion of the insulated conductor and at least one other electrically conductive surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2012Publication date: November 22, 2012Applicant: NDI MEDICAL, LLCInventor: KENNETH P. RUNDLE
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Patent number: 8231402Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for coupling a plurality of electrical conductors, such as wires. A connector is provided including a plurality of bores or channels formed into a preferably unitary connector body, wherein at least a portion of one or more of the bores or channels intersects at least a portion of another of the bores or channels. The bores or channels are preferably formed along bore axes, which may be coplanar. A method according to the present invention includes inserting an insulated electrical conductor into a connector body and rotating a conductive rotational member threaded into a bore or channel formed in a connector body so as to electrically contact the conductive portion of the insulated conductor and at least one other electrically conductive surface.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2011Date of Patent: July 31, 2012Assignee: NDI Medical, LLCInventor: Kenneth P Rundle
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Publication number: 20120142228Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for coupling a plurality of electrical conductors, such as wires. A connector is provided including a plurality of bores or channels formed into a preferably unitary connector body, wherein at least a portion of one or more of the bores or channels intersects at least a portion of another of the bores or channels. The bores or channels are preferably formed along bore axes, which may be coplanar. A method according to the present invention includes inserting an insulated electrical conductor into a connector body and rotating a conductive rotational member threaded into a bore or channel formed in a connector body so as to electrically contact the conductive portion of the insulated conductor and at least one other electrically conductive surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2011Publication date: June 7, 2012Applicant: NDI MEDICAL, LLCInventor: KENNETH P. RUNDLE
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Patent number: D658304Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2010Date of Patent: April 24, 2012Assignee: NDI Medical, LLCInventors: Kenneth P. Rundle, Steven M. Galecki, Michael Marks, Joseph J. Mrva, Jonathan L. Sakai
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Patent number: D665085Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2011Date of Patent: August 7, 2012Assignee: NDI Medical, LLCInventors: Robert B. Strother, Jonathan L. Sakai, Joseph W. Boggs, II, Kathryn W. Stager, Maria E. Bennett
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Patent number: D674105Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2010Date of Patent: January 8, 2013Assignee: NDI Medical, LLCInventors: Kenneth P. Rundle, Steven M. Galecki, Michael Marks, Joseph J. Mrva, Jonathan L. Sakai
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Patent number: D683320Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2011Date of Patent: May 28, 2013Assignee: NDI Medical LLCInventors: Robert B. Strother, Jonathan L. Sakai, Joseph W. Boggs, II, Kathryn W. Stager, Maria E. Bennett