Patents by Inventor Brett Schleicher
Brett Schleicher has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Publication number: 20140067004Abstract: Methods for treating seizures caused by brain stimulation include providing a stimulator, programming the stimulator with one or more stimulation parameters configured to treat a medical condition, applying at least one stimulus with the stimulator to a stimulation site within the brain of a patient in accordance with the one or more stimulation parameters, and monitoring the patient for a seizure caused by the at least one stimulus.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2013Publication date: March 6, 2014Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC NEUROMODULATION CORPORATIONInventors: Todd K. Whitehurst, Rafael Carbunaru, Kristen N. Jaax, Andrew DiGiore, Brett Schleicher, Greg Baldwin
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Patent number: 8636693Abstract: A propellant pillow for use in an implantable pump is described herein. The propellant pillow generally includes a propellant bag having a septum attached thereto. In one embodiment, the pillow may further include a rigid member associated with the propellant bag to prevent piercing of the bag by an injection device inserted through the septum during a filling process. In another embodiment, the propellant pillow includes a propellant bag having a surrounding layer of resealable material encompassing the bag. The surrounding layer also serves to prevent piercing of the bag during filling of the pillow with a propellant. Methods of filling such propellant pillows with propellant as well as utilizing such pillows in connection with implantable pumps are also described herein.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2011Date of Patent: January 28, 2014Assignee: Palyon Medical CorporationInventor: Brett Schleicher
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Publication number: 20130324987Abstract: Methods and cryogenic devices for assessing, and treating patients having sympathetically mediated disease, involving augmented peripheral chemoreflex and heightened sympathetic tone by reducing chemosensor input to the nervous system via carotid body ablation.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2013Publication date: December 5, 2013Inventors: Mark Leung, Eric Ryba, Charles Lennox, Ary Chernomorsky, Zoar Jacob Engelman, Marat Fudim, Martin M. Grasse, Mark Gelfand, Howard Levin, Brett Schleicher
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Publication number: 20130324989Abstract: Methods and percutaneous devices for assessing, and treating patients having sympathetically mediated disease, involving augmented peripheral chemoreflex and heightened sympathetic tone by reducing chemosensor input to the nervous system via percutaneous carotid body ablation.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2013Publication date: December 5, 2013Inventors: Mark Leung, Brett Schleicher, Charles Lennox, Ary Chernomorsky, Zoar Jacob Engelman, Marat Fudim, Martin M. Grasse, Mark Gelfand, Howard Levin
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Patent number: 8600512Abstract: Methods for treating seizures caused by brain stimulation include providing a stimulator, programming the stimulator with one or more stimulation parameters configured to treat a medical condition, applying at least one stimulus with the stimulator to a stimulation site within the brain of a patient in accordance with the one or more stimulation parameters, and monitoring the patient for a seizure caused by the at least one stimulus.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2008Date of Patent: December 3, 2013Assignee: Boston Scientific Neuromodulation CorporationInventors: Todd K. Whitehurst, Rafael Carbunaru, Kristen N. Jaax, Andrew DiGiore, Brett Schleicher, Greg Baldwin
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Publication number: 20130310823Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods for treating a patient having a sympathetically mediated disease associated at least in part with augmented peripheral chemoreflex or heightened sympathetic activation. The treatments include ablating one or more peripheral chemoreceptors or associated afferent nerves to reduce or remove afferent neural signals from the peripheral chemoreceptor.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 24, 2013Publication date: November 21, 2013Inventors: Mark Gelfand, Howard Levin, Charles Lennox, Marat Fudim, Zoar Jacob Engelman, Martin M. Grasse, Mark S. Leung, Brett Schleicher
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Patent number: 8509917Abstract: A nerve stimulation lead has a distal end, a proximal end, and a longitudinal length. The nerve stimulation lead includes a plurality of electrodes disposed at the distal end, a plurality of terminals disposed at the proximal end, and a plurality of conductive wires electrically coupling the plurality of electrodes electrically to the plurality of terminals. The nerve stimulation lead also includes at least one anchoring unit disposed on the nerve stimulation lead. The at least one anchoring unit is configured and arranged for anchoring the nerve stimulation lead against a bony structure.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2012Date of Patent: August 13, 2013Assignee: Boston Scientific Neuromodulation CorporationInventors: Brett Schleicher, Andrew DiGiore, Rafael Carbunaru, Courtney Lane, Kristen N. Jaax
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Publication number: 20130103006Abstract: An improved safety feature for preventing overdosage to a patient is disclosed. In one embodiment, the feature includes an improved screen member that prevents the inadvertent entry of a needle having too large a diameter. The screen member includes a plurality of holes that are configured so as to rid unwanted dead spaces that can damage an injection device during injection. Another embodiment of the safety feature includes a plurality of pins situated so as to similarly create a plurality of openings for reception of certain sized injection devices. Methods of providing a bolus dose to a patient are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2011Publication date: April 25, 2013Applicant: PALYON MEDICAL (BVI) LIMITEDInventor: Brett Schleicher
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Patent number: 8428746Abstract: Electrical energy is transcutaneously transmitted from an external charger to an implanted medical device. The external charger includes a charging head that is selectively shapeable to conform to the surface of a patient to enhance charge efficiency and patient comfort. An alternating current charging coil is housed in the charging head and configured for transcutaneously transmitting electrical energy to the implanted medical device. The shape of the coil is changeable as the charging head is shaped, and at least one sensor determines changes in the shape of the charging coil and causes the charge of the coil to be adjusted based on the coil shape.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2012Date of Patent: April 23, 2013Assignee: Boston Scientific Neuromodulation CorporationInventors: Andrew DiGiore, Brett Schleicher, Greg Baldwin
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Publication number: 20130046361Abstract: Electrical energy is transcutaneously transmitted from an external charger to an implanted medical device. The external charger includes a charging head that is selectively shapeable to conform to the surface of a patient to enhance charge efficiency and patient comfort. An alternating current charging coil is housed in the charging head and configured for transcutaneously transmitting electrical energy to the implanted medical device. The shape of the coil is changeable as the charging head is shaped, and at least one sensor determines changes in the shape of the charging coil and causes the charge of the coil to be adjusted based on the coil shape.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 7, 2012Publication date: February 21, 2013Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC NEUROMODULATION CORPORATIONInventors: Andrew DiGiore, Brett Schleicher, Greg Baldwin
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Patent number: 8364267Abstract: Systems and techniques for improving the fixation of implantable pulse generators. In one aspect, a device includes an implantable pulse generator that comprises electrical circuitry configured to generate an electrical pulse and a biocompatible casing that houses the electrical circuitry and on which a collection of electrodes and a collection of fixation elements are mounted. The electrodes are in electrical contact with the electrical circuitry and the fixation elements increase the surface area of the biocompatible casing to reduce the likelihood that the biocompatible casing shifts after implantation.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2009Date of Patent: January 29, 2013Assignee: Boston Scientific Neuromodulation CorporationInventors: Brett Schleicher, Todd K. Whitehurst, Andrew DiGiore
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Patent number: 8357145Abstract: Systems and techniques for implanting medical devices. In one aspect, an apparatus includes a flexible base member that can be flexed manually to conform to a contour of an anatomy, the base member including a radioscopic indicium that has a characteristic such that, under radioscopic imaging, passage of a skin-penetrating electromagnetic radiation is hindered to an extent that is distinguishable from a hindrance of the electromagnetic radiation by another portion of the base member.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2007Date of Patent: January 22, 2013Assignee: Boston Scientific Neuromodulation CorporationInventors: Brett Schleicher, Rafael Carbunaru, Kristen N. Jaax, Todd K. Whitehurst
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Patent number: 8352035Abstract: Exemplary systems include a stimulator configured to be implanted within a patient, the stimulator having a body defined by at least one side surface disposed in between distal and proximal end surfaces, and a connector assembly configured to be coupled to the stimulator and extend parallel to the at least one side surface of the stimulator. The connector assembly is further configured to facilitate removable coupling of a lead having one or more electrodes disposed thereon to the stimulator.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2008Date of Patent: January 8, 2013Assignee: Boston Scientific Neuromodulation CorporationInventors: Brett Schleicher, Rafael Carbunaru, Todd K. Whitehurst, Kristen N. Jaax, Greg Baldwin, Andrew DiGiore
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Publication number: 20120277676Abstract: A propellant pillow for use in an implantable pump is described herein. The propellant pillow generally includes a propellant bag having a septum attached thereto. In one embodiment, the pillow may further include a rigid member associated with the propellant bag to prevent piercing of the bag by an injection device inserted through the septum during a filling process. In another embodiment, the propellant pillow includes a propellant bag having a surrounding layer of resealable material encompassing the bag. The surrounding layer also serves to prevent piercing of the bag during filling of the pillow with a propellant. Methods of filling such propellant pillows with propellant as well as utilizing such pillows in connection with implantable pumps are also described herein.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2011Publication date: November 1, 2012Applicant: Palyon Corp.Inventor: Brett Schleicher
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Publication number: 20120271393Abstract: A nerve stimulation lead has a distal end, a proximal end, and a longitudinal length. The nerve stimulation lead includes a plurality of electrodes disposed at the distal end, a plurality of terminals disposed at the proximal end, and a plurality of conductive wires electrically coupling the plurality of electrodes electrically to the plurality of terminals. The nerve stimulation lead also includes at least one anchoring unit disposed on the nerve stimulation lead. The at least one anchoring unit is configured and arranged for anchoring the nerve stimulation lead against a bony structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2012Publication date: October 25, 2012Applicant: Boston Scientific Neuromodulation CorporationInventors: Brett Schleicher, Andrew DiGiore, Rafael Carbunaru, Courtney Lane, Kristen N. Jaax
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Patent number: 8260432Abstract: Electrical energy is transcutaneously transmitted from an external charger to an implanted medical device. The external charger includes a charging head that is selectively shapeable to conform to the surface of a patient to enhance charge efficiency and patient comfort. An alternating current charging coil is housed in the charging head and configured for transcutaneously transmitting electrical energy to the implanted medical device. The shape of the coil is changeable as the charging head is shaped, and at least one sensor determines changes in the shape of the charging coil and causes the charge of the coil to be adjusted based on the coil shape.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2009Date of Patent: September 4, 2012Assignee: Boston Scientific Neuromodulation CorporationInventors: Andrew DiGiore, Brett Schleicher, Greg Baldwin
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Patent number: 8224460Abstract: A nerve stimulation lead has a distal end, a proximal end, and a longitudinal length. The nerve stimulation lead includes a plurality of electrodes disposed at the distal end, a plurality of terminals disposed at the proximal end, and a plurality of conductive wires electrically coupling the plurality of electrodes electrically to the plurality of terminals. The nerve stimulation lead also includes at least one anchoring unit disposed on the nerve stimulation lead. The at least one anchoring unit is configured and arranged for anchoring the nerve stimulation lead against a bony structure.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2011Date of Patent: July 17, 2012Assignee: Boston Scientific Neuromodulation CorporationInventors: Brett Schleicher, Andrew DiGiore, Rafael Carbunaru, Courtney Lane, Kristen N. Jaax
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Patent number: 8224449Abstract: An implantable microstimulator includes an elongate casing, a flap coupled directly to the casing, and electrodes attached to the flap such that the electrodes extend laterally relative to the longitudinal axis of the casing. The electrodes are coupled to active circuitry that is housed within the casing. Due to the lateral arrangement of the electrodes relative to the casing, effective operation of the microstimulator may still occur even after the microstimulator migrates away from the target stimulation site. Since there are not any leads associated with the microstimulator, the entire microstimulator, including the electrodes and the casing, is implanted adjacent to the target stimulation site. The electrodes may be configured for mono-polar or multi-polar stimulation. In one example, the microstimulator includes an insulative coating on the casing and the coating and the flap are contiguous.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2009Date of Patent: July 17, 2012Assignee: Boston Scientific Neuromodulation CorporationInventors: Rafael Carbunaru, Andrew DiGiore, Brett Schleicher
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Patent number: 8165694Abstract: Systems and techniques for thermal management of implantable medical devices. In one aspect an implantable device includes an active component configured to perform medical activities, a charging component configured to convert energy from outside a body in which the implantable device is implanted into potential energy, and a thermal barrier between the charging component and the active portion. The thermal barrier thermally isolates the charging component from the active portion so that thermal resistance between the charging component and the active component is above the thermal resistance between the charging component and the body.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2009Date of Patent: April 24, 2012Assignee: Boston Scientific Neuromodulation CorporationInventors: Rafeal Carbanaru, Andrew DiGiore, Brett Schleicher
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Publication number: 20110295330Abstract: A nerve stimulation lead has a distal end, a proximal end, and a longitudinal length. The nerve stimulation lead includes a plurality of electrodes disposed at the distal end, a plurality of terminals disposed at the proximal end, and a plurality of conductive wires electrically coupling the plurality of electrodes electrically to the plurality of terminals. The nerve stimulation lead also includes at least one anchoring unit disposed on the nerve stimulation lead. The at least one anchoring unit is configured and arranged for anchoring the nerve stimulation lead against a bony structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 11, 2011Publication date: December 1, 2011Applicant: Boston Scientific Neuromodulation CorporationInventors: Brett Schleicher, Andrew DiGiore, Rafael Carbunaru, Courtney Lane, Kristen N. Jaax