Patents by Inventor Johannes Petrus Heemels
Johannes Petrus Heemels 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).
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Patent number: 11684774Abstract: Apparatus and methods for treating back pain are provided, in which an implantable stimulator is configured to communicate with an external control system, the implantable stimulator providing a neuromuscular electrical stimulation therapy designed to cause muscle contraction to rehabilitate the muscle, restore neural drive and restore spinal stability; the implantable stimulator further including one or more of a number of additional therapeutic modalities, including a module that provides analgesic stimulation; a module that monitors muscle performance and adjusts the muscle stimulation regime; and/or a module that provides longer term pain relief by selectively and repeatedly ablating nerve fibers. In an alternative embodiment, a standalone implantable RF ablation system is described.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2022Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: Mainstay Medical LimitedInventors: Peter Andrew Crosby, Dan Sachs, Prashant Brijmohansingh Rawat, Jason Alan Shiroff, Johannes Petrus Heemels
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Publication number: 20230067424Abstract: Apparatus and methods for treating back pain are provided, in which an implantable stimulator is configured to communicate with an external control system, the implantable stimulator providing a neuromuscular electrical stimulation therapy designed to cause muscle contraction to rehabilitate the muscle, restore neural drive and restore spinal stability; the implantable stimulator further including one or more of a number of additional therapeutic modalities, including a module that provides analgesic stimulation; a module that monitors muscle performance and adjusts the muscle stimulation regime; and/or a module that provides longer term pain relief by selectively and repeatedly ablating nerve fibers. In an alternative embodiment, a standalone implantable RF ablation system is described.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2022Publication date: March 2, 2023Applicant: Mainstay Medical LimitedInventors: Peter Andrew CROSBY, Dan SACHS, Prashant Brijmohansingh RAWAT, Jason Alan SHIROFF, Johannes Petrus HEEMELS
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Publication number: 20220347465Abstract: Apparatus and methods for treating back pain are provided, in which an implantable stimulator is configured to communicate with an external control system, the implantable stimulator providing a neuromuscular electrical stimulation therapy designed to cause muscle contraction to rehabilitate the muscle, restore neural drive and restore spinal stability; the implantable stimulator further including one or more of a number of additional therapeutic modalities, including a module that provides analgesic stimulation; a module that monitors muscle performance and adjusts the muscle stimulation regime; and/or a module that provides longer term pain relief by selectively and repeatedly ablating nerve fibers. In an alternative embodiment, a standalone implantable RF ablation system is described.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2022Publication date: November 3, 2022Applicant: Mainstay Medical LimitedInventors: Peter Andrew CROSBY, Dan SACHS, Prashant Brijmohansingh RAWAT, Jason Alan SHIROFF, Johannes Petrus HEEMELS
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Patent number: 11471670Abstract: Apparatus and methods for treating back pain are provided, in which an implantable stimulator is configured to communicate with an external control system, the implantable stimulator providing a neuromuscular electrical stimulation therapy designed to cause muscle contraction to rehabilitate the muscle, restore neural drive and restore spinal stability; the implantable stimulator further including one or more of a number of additional therapeutic modalities, including a module that provides analgesic stimulation; a module that monitors muscle performance and adjusts the muscle stimulation regime; and/or a module that provides longer term pain relief by selectively and repeatedly ablating nerve fibers. In an alternative embodiment, a standalone implantable RF ablation system is described.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2022Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: Mainstay Medical LimitedInventors: Peter Andrew Crosby, Dan Sachs, Prashant Brijmohansingh Rawat, Jason Alan Shiroff, Johannes Petrus Heemels
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Publication number: 20220126091Abstract: Apparatus and methods for treating back pain are provided, in which an implantable stimulator is configured to communicate with an external control system, the implantable stimulator providing a neuromuscular electrical stimulation therapy designed to cause muscle contraction to rehabilitate the muscle, restore neural drive and restore spinal stability; the implantable stimulator further including one or more of a number of additional therapeutic modalities, including a module that provides analgesic stimulation; a module that monitors muscle performance and adjusts the muscle stimulation regime; and/or a module that provides longer term pain relief by selectively and repeatedly ablating nerve fibers. In an alternative embodiment, a standalone implantable RF ablation system is described.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 6, 2022Publication date: April 28, 2022Applicant: Mainstay Medical LimitedInventors: Peter Andrew CROSBY, Dan SACHS, Prashant Brijmohansingh RAWAT, Jason Alan SHIROFF, Johannes Petrus HEEMELS
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Publication number: 20210162207Abstract: Apparatus and methods for treating back pain are provided, in which an implantable stimulator is configured to communicate with an external control system, the implantable stimulator providing a neuromuscular electrical stimulation therapy designed to cause muscle contraction to rehabilitate the muscle, restore neural drive and restore spinal stability; the implantable stimulator further including one or more of a number of additional therapeutic modalities, including a module that provides analgesic stimulation; a module that monitors muscle performance and adjusts the muscle stimulation regime; and/or a module that provides longer term pain relief by selectively and repeatedly ablating nerve fibers. In an alternative embodiment, a standalone implantable RF ablation system is described.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2021Publication date: June 3, 2021Applicant: Mainstay Medical LimitedInventors: Peter Andrew CROSBY, Dan SACHS, Prashant Brijmohansingh RAWAT, Jason Alan SHIROFF, Johannes Petrus HEEMELS
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Patent number: 10926083Abstract: Apparatus and methods for treating back pain are provided, in which an implantable stimulator is configured to communicate with an external control system, the implantable stimulator providing a neuromuscular electrical stimulation therapy designed to cause muscle contraction to rehabilitate the muscle, restore neural drive and restore spinal stability; the implantable stimulator further including one or more of a number of additional therapeutic modalities, including a module that provides analgesic stimulation; a module that monitors muscle performance and adjusts the muscle stimulation regime; and/or a module that provides longer term pain relief by selectively and repeatedly ablating nerve fibers. In an alternative embodiment, a standalone implantable RF ablation system is described.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2020Date of Patent: February 23, 2021Assignee: Mainstay Medical LimitedInventors: Peter Andrew Crosby, Dan Sachs, Prashant Brijmohansingh Rawat, Jason Alan Shiroff, Johannes Petrus Heemels
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Publication number: 20200206495Abstract: Apparatus and methods for treating back pain are provided, in which an implantable stimulator is configured to communicate with an external control system, the implantable stimulator providing a neuromuscular electrical stimulation therapy designed to cause muscle contraction to rehabilitate the muscle, restore neural drive and restore spinal stability; the implantable stimulator further including one or more of a number of additional therapeutic modalities, including a module that provides analgesic stimulation; a module that monitors muscle performance and adjusts the muscle stimulation regime; and/or a module that provides longer term pain relief by selectively and repeatedly ablating nerve fibers. In an alternative embodiment, a standalone implantable effRF ablation system is described.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2020Publication date: July 2, 2020Applicant: MAINSTAY MEDICAL LIMITEDInventors: Peter Andrew CROSBY, Dan SACHS, Prashant Brijmohansingh RAWAT, Jason Alan SHIROFF, Johannes Petrus HEEMELS
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Patent number: 10661078Abstract: Apparatus and methods for treating back pain are provided, in which an implantable stimulator is configured to communicate with an external control system, the implantable stimulator providing a neuromuscular electrical stimulation therapy designed to cause muscle contraction to rehabilitate the muscle, restore neural drive and restore spinal stability; the implantable stimulator further including one or more of a number of additional therapeutic modalities, including a module that provides analgesic stimulation; a module that monitors muscle performance and adjusts the muscle stimulation regime; and/or a module that provides longer term pain relief by selectively and repeatedly ablating nerve fibers. In an alternative embodiment, a standalone implantable RF ablation system is described.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2017Date of Patent: May 26, 2020Assignee: Mainstay Medical LimitedInventors: Peter Andrew Crosby, Dan Sachs, Prashant Brijmohansingh Rawat, Jason Alan Shiroff, Johannes Petrus Heemels
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Patent number: 9999763Abstract: Apparatus for neuromuscular electrical stimulation and methods for anchoring the same are provided. The apparatus may include an elongated member having one or more electrodes disposed at the distal region of the elongated member and at least one fixation element disposed at the distal region of the elongated member. The fixation element may be shaped and sized to be deployed between tissue layers, such as muscle layers, without damaging the tissue layers so as to secure the one or more electrodes in or adjacent to a desired anatomical site within a patient. An additional fixation element may be disposed at the distal region of the elongated member so that tissue, such as a muscle, may be sandwiched between the fixation elements without damaging the tissue.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2013Date of Patent: June 19, 2018Assignee: Mainstay Medical LimitedInventors: Jason Alan Shiroff, Henry Thomas Demorett, Prashant Brijmohansingh Rawat, Johannes Petrus Heemels, Peter Andrew Crosby
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Publication number: 20180133461Abstract: Apparatus and methods for treating back pain are provided, in which an implantable stimulator is configured to communicate with an external control system, the implantable stimulator providing a neuromuscular electrical stimulation therapy designed to cause muscle contraction to rehabilitate the muscle, restore neural drive and restore spinal stability; the implantable stimulator further including one or more of a number of additional therapeutic modalities, including a module that provides analgesic stimulation; a module that monitors muscle performance and adjusts the muscle stimulation regime; and/or a module that provides longer term pain relief by selectively and repeatedly ablating nerve fibers. In an alternative embodiment, a standalone implantable RF ablation system is described.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2017Publication date: May 17, 2018Inventors: Peter Andrew CROSBY, Dan SACHS, Prashant Brijmohansingh RAWAT, Jason Alan SHIROFF, Johannes Petrus HEEMELS
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Patent number: 9861811Abstract: Apparatus and methods for treating back pain are provided in which electrical stimulation therapy is designed to cause muscle contraction to rehabilitate the muscle, restore neural drive and restore spinal stability. In accordance with one aspect, electrical stimulation is applied through at least one electrode to stimulate efferent motor nerve fibers to cause muscle contraction to facilitate rehabilitation without targeting stimulation of afferent nerve fibers. In accordance with another aspect, a stimulator further includes one or more of a number of additional therapeutic modalities, including a module that provides analgesic stimulation; a module that monitors muscle performance and adjusts the muscle stimulation regime; and/or a module that provides longer term pain relief by selectively and repeatedly ablating nerve fibers.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2015Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: Mainstay Medical LimitedInventors: Peter Andrew Crosby, Dan Sachs, Prashant Brijmohansingh Rawat, Jason Alan Shiroff, Johannes Petrus Heemels
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Patent number: 9248278Abstract: Apparatus and methods for treating back pain are provided, in which an implantable stimulator is configured to communicate with an external control system, the implantable stimulator providing a neuromuscular electrical stimulation therapy designed to cause muscle contraction to rehabilitate the muscle, restore neural drive and restore spinal stability; the implantable stimulator further including one or more of a number of additional therapeutic modalities, including a module that provides analgesic stimulation; a module that monitors muscle performance and adjusts the muscle stimulation regime; and/or a module that provides longer term pain relief by selectively and repeatedly ablating nerve fibers. In an alternative embodiment, a standalone implantable RF ablation system is described.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2011Date of Patent: February 2, 2016Assignee: Mainstay Medical LimitedInventors: Peter Andrew Crosby, Dan Sachs, Prashant Brijmohansingh Rawat, Jason Alan Shiroff, Johannes Petrus Heemels
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Publication number: 20150374992Abstract: Apparatus and methods for treating back pain are provided, in which an implantable stimulator is configured to communicate with an external control system, the implantable stimulator providing a neuromuscular electrical stimulation therapy designed to cause muscle contraction to rehabilitate the muscle, restore neural drive and restore spinal stability; the implantable stimulator further including one or more of a number of additional therapeutic modalities, including a module that provides analgesic stimulation; a module that monitors muscle performance and adjusts the muscle stimulation regime; and/or a module that provides longer term pain relief by selectively and repeatedly ablating nerve fibers. In an alternative embodiment, a standalone implantable RF ablation system is described.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2015Publication date: December 31, 2015Applicant: MAINSTAY MEDICAL LIMITEDInventors: Peter Andrew CROSBY, Dan SACHS, Prashant Brijmohansingh RAWAT, Jason Alan SHIROFF, Johannes Petrus HEEMELS
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Publication number: 20130338730Abstract: Apparatus for neuromuscular electrical stimulation and methods for anchoring the same are provided. The apparatus may include an elongated member having one or more electrodes disposed at the distal region of the elongated member and at least one fixation element disposed at the distal region of the elongated member. The fixation element may be shaped and sized to be deployed between tissue layers, such as muscle layers, without damaging the tissue layers so as to secure the one or more electrodes in or adjacent to a desired anatomical site within a patient. An additional fixation element may be disposed at the distal region of the elongated member so that tissue, such as a muscle, may be sandwiched between the fixation elements without damaging the tissue.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2013Publication date: December 19, 2013Applicant: MAINSTAY MEDICAL LIMITEDInventors: Jason Alan SHIROFF, Henry Thomas DEMORETT, Prashant Brijmohansingh RAWAT, Johannes Petrus HEEMELS, Peter Andrew CROSBY
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Publication number: 20110224665Abstract: Apparatus and methods for treating back pain are provided, in which an implantable stimulator is configured to communicate with an external control system, the implantable stimulator providing a neuromuscular electrical stimulation therapy designed to cause muscle contraction to rehabilitate the muscle, restore neural drive and restore spinal stability; the implantable stimulator further including one or more of a number of additional therapeutic modalities, including a module that provides analgesic stimulation; a module that monitors muscle performance and adjusts the muscle stimulation regime; and/or a module that provides longer term pain relief by selectively and repeatedly ablating nerve fibers. In an alternative embodiment, a standalone implantable RF ablation system is described.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2011Publication date: September 15, 2011Inventors: Peter Andrew Crosby, Dan Sachs, Prashant Brijmohansingh Rawat, Jason Alan Shiroff, Johannes Petrus Heemels