Patents by Inventor Chad Andresen

Chad Andresen 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: 11872400
    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: March 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Curonix LLC
    Inventors: Laura Tyler Perryman, Patrick Larson, Chad Andresen
  • Publication number: 20230405341
    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: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Laura Tyler Perryman, Chad Andresen
  • Publication number: 20230302283
    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: February 17, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: Laura Tyler Perryman, Elizabeth Greene, Chad Andresen
  • Patent number: 11745020
    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: March 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Curonix LLC
    Inventors: Laura Tyler Perryman, Chad Andresen
  • Patent number: 11583683
    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 patients 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: April 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Stimwave Technologies Incorporated
    Inventors: Laura Tyler Perryman, Elizabeth Greene, Chad Andresen
  • Publication number: 20220409900
    Abstract: Some implementations provide a method for treating craniofacial pain in a patient, the method including: placing a wirelessly powered passive device through an opening into a target site in a head or neck region of the patient's body, the wirelessly powered passive device configured to receive an input signal non-inductively from an external antenna; positioning the wirelessly powered passive device adjacent to or near a nerve at the target site; and causing neural modulation to the nerve through one or more electrodes on the wirelessly powered passive device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Laura Tyler Perryman, Chad Andresen
  • Patent number: 11426584
    Abstract: Some implementations provide a method for treating craniofacial pain in a patient, the method including: placing a wirelessly powered passive device through an opening into a target site in a head or neck region of the patient's body, the wirelessly powered passive device configured to receive an input signal non-inductively from an external antenna; positioning the wirelessly powered passive device adjacent to or near a nerve at the target site; and causing neural modulation to the nerve through one or more electrodes on the wirelessly powered passive device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: Stimwave Technologies Incorporated
    Inventors: Laura Tyler Perryman, Chad Andresen
  • Publication number: 20220126105
    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: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2022
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Inventors: Laura Tyler Perryman, Patrick Larson, Chad Andresen
  • Publication number: 20220088398
    Abstract: A system, including: an implantable neural stimulator including electrodes, at least one antenna and an electrode interface; a radio-frequency (RF) pulse generator module comprising an antenna module configured to send an input signal to the antenna in the implantable neural stimulator through electrical radiative coupling, the input signal containing electrical energy and polarity assignment information that designates polarity assignments of the electrodes in the implantable neural stimulator; and wherein the implantable neural stimulator is configured to: control the electrode interface such that the electrodes have the polarity assignments designated by the polarity assignment information, create one or more electrical pulses suitable for modulation of neural tissue using the electrical energy contained in the input signal, and supply the electrical pulses to the electrodes through the electrode interface such that the electrodes apply the electrical pulses to the neural tissue with the polarity assignmen
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Inventors: Laura Tyler Perryman, Patrick Larson, Chad Andresen
  • Publication number: 20210322777
    Abstract: A method and system is presented for an implantable wireless power receiver for use with a medical stimulation or monitoring device. The receiver receives transmitted energy through one or more non-inductive antenna(s), utilizes microelectronics to perform rectification of the received signal for generation of a DC power supply to power an implantable device, and may also utilize microelectronics to provide parameter settings to the device, or stimulating or other waveforms to a tissue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2021
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Inventors: Laura Tyler Perryman, Chad Andresen
  • Publication number: 20210275813
    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: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Applicant: Stimwave Technologies Incorporated
    Inventors: Laura Tyler Perryman, Patrick Larson, Chad Andresen
  • Publication number: 20210260387
    Abstract: An implantation system includes a stylet comprising an elongate member and a first mating feature at a distal end of the elongate member, as well as an implantable device configured to receive a wireless signal and to generate one or more electrical pulses from the wireless signal for exciting a tissue. The implantable device includes a body defining a longitudinal axis of the implantable device, multiple electrodes distributed along the body and configured to deliver the one or more electrical pulses, and a second mating feature disposed in-line with the longitudinal axis of the implantable device and defining a proximal end of the implantable device. The second mating feature is configured to mate with the first mating feature such that the stylet and the implantable device can be delivered percutaneously to a patient together as an assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2021
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Applicant: Stimwave Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Laura Tyler Perryman, Chad Andresen
  • Publication number: 20210187311
    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: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Inventors: Laura Tyler Perryman, Chad Andresen
  • Patent number: 11027139
    Abstract: A method for treating neurological pain includes inserting an introducer needle of gauge 18 or smaller through a percutaneous incision site on a body, coupling a first mating feature at a distal end of an elongate member of a stylet to a second mating feature of an implantable device that is configured to receive a wireless signal and to generate one or more electrical pulses from the wireless signal for exciting a tissue within the body, advancing the stylet and the implantable device together as an assembly to the tissue within the body through a lumen of the introducer needle, and applying the one or more electrical pulses to one or more electrodes of the implantable device to modulate the tissue within the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: Stimwave Technologies Incorporated
    Inventors: Laura Tyler Perryman, Chad Andresen
  • Patent number: 10994149
    Abstract: A method and system is presented for an implantable wireless power receiver for use with a medical stimulation or monitoring device. The receiver receives transmitted energy through one or more non-inductive antenna(s), utilizes microelectronics to perform rectification of the received signal for generation of a DC power supply to power an implantable device, and may also utilize microelectronics to provide parameter settings to the device, or stimulating or other waveforms to a tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Stimwave Technologies Incorporated
    Inventors: Laura Tyler Perryman, Chad Andresen
  • Patent number: 10953228
    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: February 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: Stimwave Technologies Incorporated
    Inventors: Laura Tyler Perryman, Patrick Larson, Chad Andresen
  • Patent number: 10926084
    Abstract: Some implementations provide a method for modulating excitable tissue in a body of a patient, the method including: placing a wireless implantable stimulator device at a target site in the patient's body, the stimulator device including one or more electrodes; reconfiguring the wireless implantable stimulator device to form an enclosure that substantially surrounds the excitable tissue at the target site with the electrodes on the inside of the enclosure and facing the nerve; and causing electrical impulses to be delivered to the electrodes on the wireless implantable stimulator device such that neural modulation is applied to the excitable tissue substantially surrounded by the enclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: Stimwave Technologies Incorporated
    Inventors: Laura Tyler Perryman, Patrick Larson, Chad Andresen
  • Publication number: 20200155849
    Abstract: Some implementations provide a method for treating craniofacial pain in a patient, the method including: placing a wirelessly powered passive device through an opening into a target site in a head or neck region of the patient's body, the wirelessly powered passive device configured to receive an input signal non-inductively from an external antenna; positioning the wirelessly powered passive device adjacent to or near a nerve at the target site; and causing neural modulation to the nerve through one or more electrodes on the wirelessly powered passive device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2019
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Inventors: Laura Tyler Perryman, Chad Andresen
  • Publication number: 20200016416
    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 patients 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: April 12, 2019
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Inventors: Laura Tyler Perryman, Elizabeth Greene, Chad Andresen
  • Publication number: 20200016415
    Abstract: A system, including: an implantable neural stimulator including electrodes, at least one antenna and an electrode interface; a radio-frequency (RF) pulse generator module comprising an antenna module configured to send an input signal to the antenna in the implantable neural stimulator through electrical radiative coupling, the input signal containing electrical energy and polarity assignment information that designates polarity assignments of the electrodes in the implantable neural stimulator; and wherein the implantable neural stimulator is configured to: control the electrode interface such that the electrodes have the polarity assignments designated by the polarity assignment information, create one or more electrical pulses suitable for modulation of neural tissue using the electrical energy contained in the input signal, and supply the electrical pulses to the electrodes through the electrode interface such that the electrodes apply the electrical pulses to the neural tissue with the polarity assignmen
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2019
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Inventors: Laura Tyler Perryman, Patrick Larson, Chad Andresen