Patents by Inventor Brendan J. Young-Dixon

Brendan J. Young-Dixon 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).

  • 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
  • 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
  • Patent number: 11369801
    Abstract: Devices, systems, and techniques are described for use in recharging a power source of a cranially mounted implantable medical device. In one example, a wearable medical device includes a flexible body configured to cover at least a portion of a scalp of a head of a patient. A securing member is connected to the flexible body and configured to extend around a circumference of the head to stabilize the flexible body with respect to the scalp of the patient. A fixation member is configured to mount to a location of the flexible body and couple the flexible body to a recharge coil that is configured to recharge the power source of the cranially-mountable implantable medical device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: Shahram Malekkhosravi, Venkat R. Gaddam, Rebecca J. S. Haag, Eric R. Schleppenbach, Brendan J. Young-Dixon, Marshall S. Comisar, Zane K. Thimmesch-Gill, Brent P. Johnson
  • Publication number: 20220161034
    Abstract: An example system includes a lead including a first electrode disposed at a first level, a second electrode disposed at a second level, a first group of segmented electrodes disposed at a third level, and a second group of segmented electrodes disposed at a fourth level. The example system also includes a medical device configured to deliver symmetrical electrical stimulation to a patient via the first group of segmented electrodes and the second group of segmented electrodes and sense a response to the stimulation via the first electrode and the second electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2021
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Inventors: Brendan J. Young-Dixon, Thomas L. Chouinard, Lance Beall
  • 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
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20180289969
    Abstract: Devices, systems, and techniques are described for use in recharging a power source of a cranially mounted implantable medical device. In one example, a wearable medical device includes a flexible body configured to cover at least a portion of a scalp of a head of a patient. A securing member is connected to the flexible body and configured to extend around a circumference of the head to stabilize the flexible body with respect to the scalp of the patient. A fixation member is configured to mount to a location of the flexible body and couple the flexible body to a recharge coil that is configured to recharge the power source of the cranially-mountable implantable medical device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2018
    Publication date: October 11, 2018
    Inventors: Shahram Malekkhosravi, Venkat R. Gaddam, Rebecca J.S. Haag, Eric R. Schleppenbach, Brendan J. Young-Dixon, Marshall S. Comisar, Zane K. Thimmesch-Gill, Brent P. Johnson