Patents Assigned to Micron Devices, LLC
  • Patent number: 9254393
    Abstract: A wearable device for facilitating neurophysiological treatment of a patient harboring an implanted neural stimulator is provided. The wearable device includes a transmitting antenna configured to accept one or more input signals and to transmit one or more electromagnetic signals to a neural stimulator that is implanted in a patient's body. The wearable device further includes a control circuitry configured to provide the one or more input signals to the transmitting antenna. The wearable device further includes a battery that provides electrical power to at least the control circuitry. The wearable device is configured to be worn outside the patient's body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: Micron Devices LLC
    Inventors: Laura Tyler Perryman, Elizabeth Greene, Chad Andresen
  • Patent number: 9242103
    Abstract: An implementation provides a system that includes: a control module including a first antenna, the control module configured to generate a first radio frequency (RF) signal and transmit the first RF signal using the first antenna; an implantable lead module including a second antenna and at least one electrode configured to stimulate excitable tissue of a subject; and a relay module configured to receive the first RF signal; generate a second RF signal based on the first RF signal, the second RF signal encoding a stimulus waveform to be applied by the at least one electrodes of the implantable lead module to stimulate the excitable tissue of the subject; and transmit the second RF signal to the implantable lead module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: Micron Devices LLC
    Inventors: Laura Tyler Perryman, Chad Andresen
  • Patent number: 9220897
    Abstract: An implantable wireless lead includes an enclosure, the enclosure housing: one or more electrodes configured to apply one or more electrical pulses to a neural tissue; a first antenna configured to: receive, from a second antenna and through electrical radiative coupling, an input signal containing electrical energy, the second antenna being physically separate from the implantable neural stimulator lead; one or more circuits electrically connected to the first antenna, the circuits configured to: create the one or more electrical pulses suitable for stimulation of the neural tissue using the electrical energy contained in the input signal; and supply the one or more electrical pulses to the one or more electrodes, wherein the enclosure is shaped and arranged for delivery into a subject's body through an introducer or a needle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: Micron Devices LLC
    Inventors: Laura Tyler Perryman, Patrick Larson, Chad Andresen
  • Patent number: 9199089
    Abstract: An implantable neural stimulator includes one or more electrodes, at least one antenna, and one or more circuits connected to the at least one antenna. The one or more electrodes are configured to apply one or more electrical pulses to excitable tissue. The antenna is configured to receive one or more input signals containing polarity assignment information and electrical energy, the polarity assignment information designating polarities for the electrodes. The one or more circuits are configured to control an electrode interface such that the electrodes have the polarities designated by the polarity assignment information; create one or more electrical pulses using the electrical energy contained in the input signal; and supply the one or more electrical pulses to the one or more electrodes through the electrode interface so that the one or more electrical pulses are applied according to the polarities designated by the polarity assignment information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: Micron Devices LLC
    Inventors: Laura Tyler Perryman, Patrick Larson, Chad Andresen
  • Patent number: 8903502
    Abstract: A method for modulating nerve tissue in a body of a patient includes implanting a wireless stimulation device in proximity to a dorsal root ganglion or an exiting nerve root such that an electrode, circuitry and a receiving antenna are positioned completely within the body of the patient. An input signal containing electrical energy and waveform parameters is transmitted to the receiving antenna(s) from a control device located outside of the patient's body via radiative coupling. The circuitry within the stimulation device generates one or more electrical impulses and applies the electrical impulses to the dorsal root ganglion or the exiting nerve roots through the electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Micron Devices LLC
    Inventors: Laura Tyler Perryman, Chad Andresen, Gary King, Anthony Yeung
  • Patent number: 8849412
    Abstract: A system includes a controller module, which includes a storage device, a controller, a modulator, and one or more antennas. The storage device is stored with parameters defining a stimulation waveform. The controller is configured to generate, based on the stored parameters, an output signal that includes the stimulation waveform, wherein the output signal additionally includes polarity assignments for electrodes in an implantable, passive stimulation device. The modulator modulates a stimulus carrier signal with the output signal to generate a transmission signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Micron Devices LLC
    Inventors: Laura Tyler Perryman, Patrick Larson, Chad Andresen
  • Publication number: 20140277257
    Abstract: A method, system and apparatus is presented for a wireless neural modulation feedback control system as it relates to an implantable medical device comprised of a radio frequency (RF) receiver circuit, one or more dipole or patch antenna(s), one or more electrode leads connected to at least one dipole or patch antenna(s), and at least one microelectronic neural modulation circuit, and an external or internally implanted RF device to neurally modulate brain tissue in order to treat medical conditions that can be mediated by neuronal activation or inhibition, such as Parkinson's, Alzheimer's, epilepsy, other motor or mood based disorders, and/or pain. The implantable receiver captures energy radiated by the RF transmitter unit and converts this energy to an electrical waveform by the implanted neural modulation circuit to deliver energy that can be utilized by the attached electrode pads in order to activate targeted neurons in the brain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Micron Devices, LLC
    Inventors: Laura Tyler Perryman, Chad ANDRESEN
  • Publication number: 20140180365
    Abstract: A wearable device for facilitating neurophysiological treatment of a patient harboring an implanted neural stimulator is provided. The wearable device includes a transmitting antenna configured to accept one or more input signals and to transmit one or more electromagnetic signals to a neural stimulator that is implanted in a patient's body. The wearable device further includes a control circuitry configured to provide the one or more input signals to the transmitting antenna. The wearable device further includes a battery that provides electrical power to at least the control circuitry. The wearable device is configured to be worn outside the patient's body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2013
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: Micron Devices, LLC
    Inventors: Laura Tyler PERRYMAN, Elizabeth GREENE, Chad ANDRESEN
  • Patent number: D716462
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Micron Devices, LLC
    Inventors: Laura Tyler Perryman, Chad David Andresen, Graham Patrick Greene
  • Patent number: D730529
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: Micron Devices LLC
    Inventors: Laura Tyler Perryman, Chad Andresen, Patrick Larson
  • Patent number: D752762
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: Micron Devices LLC
    Inventors: Laura Tyler Perryman, Chad Andresen, Patrick Larson