Patents by Inventor Katie C. Bittner

Katie C. Bittner 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).

  • Publication number: 20240050742
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices are configured delivering one or more sequences of different pulse trains to a patient. For example, a system includes processing circuitry configured to control stimulation circuitry to deliver a sequence of a plurality of trains of electrical stimulation pulses, wherein each train of the plurality of trains of electrical stimulation pulses comprises respective pulses at least partially defined by a unique parameter variation pattern of a plurality of parameter variation patterns, and control the stimulation circuitry to repeatedly deliver the sequence of the plurality of trains of electrical stimulation pulses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventors: Lisa M. Jungbauer Nikolas, Sarah J. Offutt, Katie C. Bittner, Julia P. Slopsema, Thaddeus S. Brink, Leonid M. Litvak
  • Publication number: 20220331584
    Abstract: A sacral lead system including a sacral lead configured to for insertion within a sacral foramen of a patient. The sacral lead supports one or more electrodes which may be configured as one or more stimulation electrodes and/or one or more sensing electrodes. The sacral lead is configured to deliver a stimulation signal to a patient using at least one stimulation electrode and sense an evoked signal produced in response to the stimulation signal using at least one sensing electrode. The sacral lead system may be configured to position the at least one stimulation electrode and/or the at least one sensing electrode within, dorsal, or ventral to the sacral foramen. The sacral lead system may include stimulation circuitry configured to generate the stimulation signal and sensing circuitry configured to receive a signal indicative of the evoked signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2022
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Inventors: Sarah J. Offutt, Katie C. Bittner, Julia P. Slopsema, Leonid M. Litvak, Lisa M. Jungbauer Nikolas, Katelynn M. Johnson, Lance Zirpel, Simeng Zhang
  • Publication number: 20220331586
    Abstract: An example method includes delivering, via an electrical stimulation device, one or more electrical stimulation signals to a patient, sensing one or more stimulation-evoked signals that are evoked by stimulation of nerves or muscles of the patient due to the delivery of the one or more electrical stimulation signals, determining a quality of the one or more stimulation-evoked signals, and outputting, based on the quality of the one or more sensed stimulation-evoked signals being below a quality threshold, one or more instructions to improve the quality of one or more subsequent stimulation-evoked signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2022
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Inventors: Sarah J. Offutt, Julia P. Slopsema, Katelynn M. Johnson, Lisa M. Jungbauer Nikolas, Lance Zirpel, Leonid M. Litvak, Simeng Zhang, Katie C. Bittner
  • Publication number: 20220331589
    Abstract: An example method includes delivering one or more electrical stimulation signals to a patient, sensing a composite stimulation-evoked signal comprising a composite of signals generated by one or more signal sources in response to the one or more electrical stimulation signals, and controlling delivery of electrical stimulation therapy to the patient based on the composite stimulation-evoked signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2022
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Inventors: Katie C. Bittner, Sarah J. Offutt, Julia P. Slopsema, Leonid M. Litvak, Lance Zirpel, Lisa M. Jungbauer Nikolas, Katelynn M. Johnson, Simeng Zhang
  • Publication number: 20220143403
    Abstract: A medical system for treating incontinence includes an implantable medical device (IMD) implantable proximate to a tibial nerve of a patient comprising therapy delivery circuitry configured to provide electrical stimulation therapy proximate the tibial nerve of the patient for treating incontinence, and processing circuitry configured to: during an implant period, determine a set of stimulation parameters to control the therapy delivery circuitry, during an induction period after the implant period, initiate electrical stimulation therapy according to the set of stimulation parameters, during a first maintenance period, determine an adjustment to the set of stimulation parameters as first maintenance period stimulation parameters to reduce the electrical stimulation therapy from the induction period, and during a second maintenance period, determine an adjustment to the set of stimulation parameters as second maintenance period stimulation parameters to reduce the electrical stimulation therapy from the first
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2021
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventors: Sarah J. Offutt, Nicholas Reid Singer, Katie C. Bittner
  • Publication number: 20210316145
    Abstract: A system may receive first information relating to a patient captured during a baseline period that is prior to the patient receiving stimulation. The system may receive second information relating to the patient captured during an initial therapy assignment. The second information may include testing data generated by delivering stimulation during an implant procedure. The system may determine initial stimulation program settings based on the first information, the second information and population-informed information. The population-informed information may be related to other patients. The system may cause, during a training period, delivery of therapy based on the initial stimulation program settings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Inventors: Sarah J. Offutt, Katie C. Bittner, Lisa M. Jungbauer Nikolas, Juan G. Hincapie