Patents Assigned to Micro Devices, LLC
  • Patent number: 10092755
    Abstract: A method for implanting a wireless neural stimulator device, the method including: inserting a device through a patient's skin on a lateral side of a patient's neck, wherein the device includes with a proximal end, a distal end, a first opening at the proximal end, a second opening at the distal end, and a lumen extending between the first opening and the second opening; after inserting the device through the patient's skin, advancing the distal end towards a perivascular bundle of the patient until the distal end is proximate to the perivascular bundle; inserting the wireless neural stimulator device through the first opening; and advancing the wireless neural stimulator from the first opening through the lumen until the wireless neural stimulator exits the second opening and is proximate to the vagus nerve such that the neural stimulator is able to stimulate the vagus nerve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: Micro Devices LLC
    Inventors: Chad David Andresen, Laura Tyler Perryman
  • Patent number: 9566449
    Abstract: An implantable neural stimulator method for modulating excitable tissue in a patient including: implanting a neural stimulator within the body of the patient such that one or more electrodes of the neural stimulator are positioned at a target site adjacent to or near excitable tissue; generating an input signal with a controller module located outside of, and spaced away from, the patient's body; transmitting the input signal to the neural stimulator through electrical radiative coupling; converting the input signal to electrical pulses within the neural stimulator; and applying the electrical pulses to the excitable tissue sufficient to modulate said excitable tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: Micro Devices, LLC
    Inventors: Laura Tyler Perryman, Patrick Larson, Chad Andresen