Patents by Inventor Michael Onuscheck

Michael Onuscheck 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).

  • ACUTELY STIFF IMPLANTABLE ELECTRODES
    Publication number: 20160158539
    Abstract: An implantable device for stimulating body tissue that includes an electrode lead body and at least one stimulating electrode contact disposed on the electrode lead body. The electrode lead body may be a percutaneous electrode lead or an electrode paddle that is configured and arranged to be substantially stiff outside the patient's body and during insertion into the patient's body and then becomes non-stiff within the patient's body. The stiffness may be modified using, for example, resorbable materials, temperature sensitive materials, or a lumen within the lead body for introducing a pressurized gas or liquid to modify a stiffness of the lead body. In one embodiment, the lead body may have different acute and/or chronic shapes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2016
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Inventors: Michael A. Moffitt, Michael S. Colvin, Michael Onuscheck
  • Acutely stiff implantable electrodes
    Patent number: 9339643
    Abstract: An implantable device for stimulating body tissue that includes an electrode lead body and at least one stimulating electrode contact disposed on the electrode lead body. The electrode lead body may be a percutaneous electrode lead or an electrode paddle that is configured and arranged to be substantially stiff outside the patient's body and during insertion into the patient's body and then becomes non-stiff within the patient's body. The stiffness may be modified using, for example, resorbable materials, temperature sensitive materials, or a lumen within the lead body for introducing a pressurized gas or liquid to modify a stiffness of the lead body. In one embodiment, the lead body may have different acute and/or chronic shapes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Neuromodulation Corporation
    Inventors: Michael A. Moffitt, Michael S. Colvin, Michael Onuscheck