Patents by Inventor Alicia Weller Thompson

Alicia Weller Thompson 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).

  • Shape control for electrical stimulation therapy
    Patent number: 11452874
    Abstract: Devices, systems, and techniques are described for adjusting therapy parameters defining electrical stimulation therapy delivered by multiple electrodes while maintaining a ratio of a value of a therapy parameter between the multiple electrodes. In one example, a device defines a relationship for multiple electrodes that defines a ratio of a value of a therapy parameter between the multiple electrodes. The device performs a master adjustment that adjusts each value of the therapy parameter for each respective electrode of the multiple electrodes by an amount specified by the relationship to maintain the ratio of the value of the therapy parameter between the multiple electrodes. The device controls delivery of electrical stimulation therapy according to the master adjustment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: Cheryl Peskar, Alicia Weller Thompson, Susan E. Heilman Kilbane, Lance Beall, Brendan J. Young-Dixon, Rebecca A Miron, Rebecca J. S. Haag
  • Independent control of electrical stimulation amplitude for electrodes for delivery of electrical stimulation therapy
    Patent number: 11413461
    Abstract: Techniques are described, for medical devices that deliver electrical stimulation using current or voltage regulators having an adjustable master amplitude. One example method includes receiving, via a programmer for an electrical stimulator, user input indicating a desired electrical current amplitude, and selecting a first fraction adjustment or a second fraction adjustment, as a target adjustment for achieving the desired electrical current amplitude.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: MEDTRONIC, INC.
    Inventors: Brendan J. Young-Dixon, Alicia Weller Thompson, Cheryl Peskar, Lance Beall, Susan Heilman Kilbane
  • SHAPE CONTROL FOR ELECTRICAL STIMULATION THERAPY
    Publication number: 20210236823
    Abstract: Devices, systems, and techniques are described for adjusting therapy parameters defining electrical stimulation therapy delivered by multiple electrodes while maintaining a ratio of a value of a therapy parameter between the multiple electrodes. In one example, a device defines a relationship for multiple electrodes that defines a ratio of a value of a therapy parameter between the multiple electrodes. The device performs a master adjustment that adjusts each value of the therapy parameter for each respective electrode of the multiple electrodes by an amount specified by the relationship to maintain the ratio of the value of the therapy parameter between the multiple electrodes. The device controls delivery of electrical stimulation therapy according to the master adjustment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2020
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Inventors: Cheryl Peskar, Alicia Weller Thompson, Susan E. Heilman Kilbane, Lance Beall, Brendan J. Young-Dixon, Rebecca A Miron, Rebecca J.S. Haag
  • INDEPENDENT CONTROL OF ELECTRICAL STIMULATION AMPLITUDE FOR ELECTRODES FOR DELIVERY OF ELECTRICAL STIMULATION THERAPY
    Publication number: 20210154480
    Abstract: Techniques are described, for medical devices that deliver electrical stimulation using current or voltage regulators having an adjustable master amplitude. One example method includes receiving, via a programmer for an electrical stimulator, user input indicating a desired electrical current amplitude, and selecting a first fraction adjustment or a second fraction adjustment, as a target adjustment for achieving the desired electrical current amplitude.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Inventors: Brendan J. Young-Dixon, Alicia Weller Thompson, Cheryl Peskar, Lance Beall, Susan Heilman Kilbane