Patents by Inventor Lisa M. Jungbauer Nikolas

Lisa M. Jungbauer Nikolas 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: 20240139515
    Abstract: An example method includes: delivering one or more electrical stimulation pulses to one or more nerves of a patient via one or more inserted electrodes on a lead or formed on an evaluation needle and prior to implantation of an implantable medical device, the one or more nerves being associated with stimulation therapy; sensing an evoked signal generated by one or more signal sources in response to delivery of the one or more electrical stimulation pulses; determining, based at least in part on the evoked signal, a therapy response group of a plurality of therapy response groups for the patient, wherein the therapy response group indicates whether implantation of the implantable medical device is recommended; and outputting information indicative of the determined therapy response group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Katelynn M. Johnson, Simeng Zhang, Julia P. Slopsema, Lisa M. Jungbauer Nikolas, Sarah J. Offutt
  • 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: 20230330426
    Abstract: Devices, systems, and techniques are disclosed for delivering electric field therapy to tissue of a subject. In one example, a technique includes removing a tumor from tissue to create a resection cavity, implanting a plurality of leads into the tissue adjacent to the resection cavity, and affixing the plurality of leads at least one of the tissue or bone. The example technique also includes tunneling proximal ends of the leads to an implantation pocket and coupling the proximal ends of the leads to an implantable medical device configured to be placed within the implantation pocket, wherein the implantable medical is configured to deliver electric field therapy via the plurality of implantable leads disposed adjacent to the resection cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2023
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Inventors: Steven M. Goetz, Lisa M. Jungbauer Nikolas, Benjamin Kevin Hendricks, Robert L. Olson, Richard T. Stone
  • 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: 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