Patents by Inventor Jerel K. Mueller

Jerel K. Mueller 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).

  • Publication number: 20240131340
    Abstract: Systems and methods for generating and/or applying an adjustment for one or more parameters of a neuromodulation therapy of a user are provided. One or more physiological-based inputs of the user may be received and a therapy response score may be determined based on the one or more physiological-based inputs. At least one adjustment for one or more parameters of the neuromodulation therapy may be generated based on the therapy response score.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Malgorzata Maria Straka, Annemarie K. Brinda, Juan G. Hincapie, Leonid M. Litvak, Jerel Keith Mueller, Joshua James Nedrud, Andrew Jay Cleland, Aleksandra Pavlovna Kharam, Ashwini D. Sharan
  • Publication number: 20240131338
    Abstract: A system is provided for informing a therapeutic procedure. In some embodiments, the system may be configured to determine specific states associated with a sleep-wake cycle of a patient. Additionally, the system may be configured to measure one or more signals with cardiac activity of the patient upon detecting the specific states of the sleep-wake cycle of the patient. Subsequently, the system may be configured to determine one or more parameters for applying an electrical signal to an anatomical element of the patient based on the one or more signals with cardiac activity. In some embodiments, the system may be configured to establish a longitudinal trend of cardiac metrics for the patient based on a plurality of signals with cardiac activity for the patient measured during the specific states of the sleep-wake cycle across a plurality of days.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Malgorzata Maria Straka, Annemarie K. Brinda, Juan G. Hincapie, Leonid M. Litvak, Jerel Keith Mueller, Joshua James Nedrud, Andrew Jay Cleland, Aleksandra Pavlovna Kharam
  • Publication number: 20240131345
    Abstract: A system is provided for identifying and reducing noise in a therapeutic procedure. For example, the system may be configured to measure one or more signals with cardiac activity. The system may be configured to then identify one or more sources of noise that are distorting the one or more signals with cardiac activity and may reduce the one or more sources of noise from the one or more signals with cardiac activity. Subsequently, the system may be configured to determine one or more aggregate cardiac-derived metrics and/or save processed cardiac data based on the one or more signals with cardiac activity with the one or more sources of noise reduced. Additionally, the system may be configured to determine one or more parameters for applying an electrical signal to an anatomical element of a patient based on the one or more aggregate cardiac-derived metrics and/or saved processed cardiac data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Malgorzata Maria Straka, Annemarie K. Brinda, Juan G. Hincapie, Leonid M. Litvak, Jerel Keith Mueller, Joshua James Nedrud, Andrew Jay Cleland, Aleksandra Pavlovna Kharam, David A. Dinsmoor
  • Patent number: 11964130
    Abstract: An implantable medical device (IMD) including a housing defining a propellant chamber, a drug reservoir located within the propellant chamber of the housing configured to receive a therapeutic fluid, a propellant gas within the propellant chamber; and a volume measurement system that includes a temperature sensor configured to measure a temperature of the propellant gas within in the propellant chamber and a pressure sensor configured to measure a pressure of the propellant gas within the propellant chamber. The volume measurement system is configured to measure the pressure and the temperature of the propellant gas to provide current volume information of the therapeutic fluid in the drug reservoir.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: Erik J. Peterson, Jerel K. Mueller
  • Publication number: 20240100342
    Abstract: Devices, systems, and techniques are described that use electric field imaging (often referred to as the sensed stimulation artifact representative of a delivered stimulus) as an informative feedback signal to provide closed loop control of electrical stimulation therapy. In some examples, the electric field imaging may be used in combination with other feedback signals, such as ECAP do monitor and adjust the delivered electrical stimulation therapy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2022
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Jerel K. Mueller, Leonid M. Litvak, Vinod Sharma, Katelynn M. Johnson, Jiashu Li
  • Patent number: 11918802
    Abstract: Examples of implantable medical leads or implantable medical systems with implantable medical leads to be anchored to a sacrum are disclosed. The implantable medical leads include a lead body having a distal portion. A fixation mechanism is coupled to the distal portion. An electrode array is mechanically coupled to the fixation mechanism. In one example, the electrode array is directly coupled to the fixation mechanism. The electrode array is electrically coupled to the lead body and configured to generate a stimulation field. The fixation mechanism is configured to anchor the implantable medical lead to a sacrum and effect the stimulation field in a foramen of the sacrum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: Sarah J. Offutt, Juan G. Hincapie, Jerel K. Mueller, Robert T. Sandgren, Katie Bittner
  • Publication number: 20230191132
    Abstract: Devices, systems, and techniques are disclosed for determining spatial relationships between electrodes implanted within a patient. In one example, a medical device delivers, via a first electrode, an electrical stimulus and senses, for each other electrode, a respective electrical signal indicative of the electrical stimulus. The medical device determines, for each other electrode, a respective value for each respective electrical signal. The medical device determines, based on the respective values for each respective electrical signal and values of tissue conductivity of tissues of the patient interposed between the first electrode and the other electrodes, spatial relationships between the first electrode and each other electrode of the plurality of electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2023
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Jerel K. Mueller, Andrew J. Cleland
  • Patent number: 11672994
    Abstract: The disclosure describes example devices, systems, and techniques for delivering electrical stimulation to a patient. In some examples, an IMD includes a housing having a main portion and projection extending from the main portion. The projection of the housing may carry an electrode. Stimulation circuitry may be disposed within the main portion of the housing where the stimulation circuitry may generate electrical stimulation deliverable via the electrode. Processing circuitry may be disposed within the main portion of the housing where the processing circuitry may control the stimulation circuitry to generate the electrical stimulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas F. Neils, Andrew J. Cleland, Phillip C. Falkner, Kyle Dahlstrom, Jonathan C. Sell, Jerel K. Mueller, Forrest C.M. Pape
  • Patent number: 11554264
    Abstract: Devices, systems, and techniques are disclosed for determining spatial relationships between electrodes implanted within a patient. In one example, a medical device delivers, via a first electrode, an electrical stimulus and senses, for each other electrode, a respective electrical signal indicative of the electrical stimulus. The medical device determines, for each other electrode, a respective value for each respective electrical signal. The medical device determines, based on the respective values for each respective electrical signal and values of tissue conductivity of tissues of the patient interposed between the first electrode and the other electrodes, spatial relationships between the first electrode and each other electrode of the plurality of electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: Jerel K. Mueller, Andrew J. Cleland
  • Publication number: 20220203025
    Abstract: An implantable medical device (IMD) including a housing defining a propellant chamber, a drug reservoir located within the propellant chamber of the housing configured to receive a therapeutic fluid, a propellant gas within the propellant chamber; and a volume measurement system that includes a temperature sensor configured to measure a temperature of the propellant gas within in the propellant chamber and a pressure sensor configured to measure a pressure of the propellant gas within the propellant chamber. The volume measurement system is configured to measure the pressure and the temperature of the propellant gas to provide current volume information of the therapeutic fluid in the drug reservoir.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventors: Erik J. Peterson, Jerel K. Mueller
  • Publication number: 20220152402
    Abstract: An implantable electrical stimulation device including an implant sized and configured to be implanted subcutaneously, the implant being configured to rectify a received pulse train of ultrasound into a single electrical pulse configured to stimulate a tibial nerve of a patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Inventors: Jerel K. Mueller, Sarah J. Offutt, Jamu K. Alford, Douglas S. Cerny
  • Publication number: 20220096738
    Abstract: An implantable medical device (IMD) includes a drug reservoir located within a reservoir chamber of the IMD that includes a first side and a second side directly opposite the first side defining a reservoir volume there between. The IMD further includes and a volume sensor system including an ultrasound transmitter within the reservoir chamber and positioned to transmit an ultrasound signal toward the second side at an angle relative to the second side and a plurality of ultrasound sensors adjacent to at least one of the first side or second side of the drug reservoir with each sensor positioned to selectively receive the signal from the transmitter at different reservoir volume levels to indicate a current volume capacity of the drug reservoir.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Erik J. Peterson, Touby A. Drew, Jerel K. Mueller, Sarah J. Offutt, Carl M. Feller
  • Publication number: 20220096846
    Abstract: A leadless neurostimulation device having a header unit including at least one primary electrode having a contact surface that defines an external surface of the leadless neurostimulation device, a housing including a secondary electrode positioned on the same side of the leadless neurostimulation device as the at least one primary electrode, and a anchor device including at least one suture point for securing the leadless neurostimulation device to patient tissue or at least one protrusion nub configured to create mechanical resistance that impedes relative movement between wherein the leadless neurostimulation device and the patient tissue when implanted, where the at least one primary electrode and the secondary electrode are configured to transmit an electrical stimulation signal therebetween to provide electrical stimulation therapy to a target nerve of a patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Steven T. Deininger, Jerel K. Mueller, Todd V. Smith, Jeffrey Clayton, Thomas M. Hillebrand, Phillip C. Falkner, Jenna N. George, Sarah J. Offutt
  • Patent number: 11241582
    Abstract: An example method includes receiving, by an implantable device and from an external device, an energy signal; transducing, by the implantable device, the energy signal into electrical power; outputting, by the implantable device and to the external device, a feedback signal that represents an absolute level of the electrical power transduced from the energy signal, wherein the feedback signal includes a first portion that represents a relative level of the electrical power transduced from the energy signal and a second portion that represents a reference voltage level; and delivering, by the implantable device, a level of electrical stimulation therapy proportional to the absolute level of the electrical power transduced from the energy signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: Jamu K. Alford, Thaddeus S. Brink, Douglas S. Cerny, Sarah J. Offutt, Jerel K. Mueller
  • Publication number: 20210379373
    Abstract: An implantable medical lead for sacral modulation therapy is disclosed. The implantable medical lead includes a lead body having a distal portion. An electrode is electrically coupled to the lead body and configured to generate a stimulation field or to sense electrical fields. A fixation mechanism is coupled to the distal portion. The fixation mechanism is configured to anchor the implantable medical lead against an interior wall of a blood vessel. The electrode can effect the stimulation field from within the vessel to stimulate a selected sacral nerve or sense electrical signals such as muscle or nerve responses. Guided implantation of the medical lead or other medical leads through the body to a nerve of interest for neurostimulation via remote sensor is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Applicant: MEDTRONIC, INC.
    Inventors: Juan G. Hincapie, Sarah J. Offutt, Jerel K. Mueller, Robert T. Sandgren, Katie Bittner
  • Publication number: 20210330980
    Abstract: Devices, systems, and techniques are disclosed for determining spatial relationships between electrodes implanted within a patient. In one example, a medical device delivers, via a first electrode, an electrical stimulus and senses, for each other electrode, a respective electrical signal indicative of the electrical stimulus. The medical device determines, for each other electrode, a respective value for each respective electrical signal. The medical device determines, based on the respective values for each respective electrical signal and values of tissue conductivity of tissues of the patient interposed between the first electrode and the other electrodes, spatial relationships between the first electrode and each other electrode of the plurality of electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2020
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Inventors: Jerel K. Mueller, Andrew J. Cleland
  • Publication number: 20210330985
    Abstract: The disclosure describes example devices, systems, and techniques for delivering electrical stimulation to a patient. In some examples, an IMD includes a housing having a main portion and projection extending from the main portion. The projection of the housing may carry an electrode. Stimulation circuitry may be disposed within the main portion of the housing where the stimulation circuitry may generate electrical stimulation deliverable via the electrode. Processing circuitry may be disposed within the main portion of the housing where the processing circuitry may control the stimulation circuitry to generate the electrical stimulation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2020
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Inventors: Thomas F. Neils, Andrew J. Cleland, Phillip C. Falkner, Kyle Dahlstrom, Jonathan C. Sell, Jerel K. Mueller, Forrest C.M. Pape
  • Publication number: 20210228868
    Abstract: Examples of implantable medical leads or implantable medical systems with implantable medical leads to be anchored to a sacrum are disclosed. The implantable medical leads include a lead body having a distal portion. A fixation mechanism is coupled to the distal portion. An electrode array is mechanically coupled to the fixation mechanism. In one example, the electrode array is directly coupled to the fixation mechanism. The electrode array is electrically coupled to the lead body and configured to generate a stimulation field. The fixation mechanism is configured to anchor the implantable medical lead to a sacrum and effect the stimulation field in a foramen of the sacrum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Applicant: MEDTRONIC, INC.
    Inventors: Sarah J. Offutt, Juan G. Hincapie, Jerel K. Mueller, Robert T. Sandgren, Katie Bittner
  • Publication number: 20190358460
    Abstract: An example method includes receiving, by an implantable device and from an external device, an energy signal; transducing, by the implantable device, the energy signal into electrical power; outputting, by the implantable device and to the external device, a feedback signal that represents an absolute level of the electrical power transduced from the energy signal, wherein the feedback signal includes a first portion that represents a relative level of the electrical power transduced from the energy signal and a second portion that represents a reference voltage level; and delivering, by the implantable device, a level of electrical stimulation therapy proportional to the absolute level of the electrical power transduced from the energy signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2018
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Inventors: Jamu K. Alford, Thaddeus S. Brink, Douglas S. Cerny, Sarah J. Offutt, Jerel K. Mueller