Patents by Inventor Nicholas D. Buse

Nicholas D. Buse 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: 20230321442
    Abstract: A system to provide flexible stimulation pattern definition, delivery, and control to dynamically adjust a therapy regimen for electrical stimulation therapy based on patient needs. Firmware in an electrical stimulation delivery device that executes the therapy regimen may be implemented as a “player” of a series of instructions for the received stimulation patterns. The system may include a wearable device or an implantable device. An external computing device configured to program the electrical stimulation delivery device may include a stimulation pattern construct collection from which a clinician can select, assemble, and modify waveforms, bursts, pattern, sensing or other event triggers etc. to create a therapy regimen. The external computing device may transmit software that defines the selected regimen to the electrical stimulation delivery device memory, where the device “plays” the instructions to deliver electrical stimulation according to the therapy regimen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Benjamin P. Isaacson, Brett M. Nelson, Duane L. Bourget, Nicholas D. Buse, Laura A. Skarie, David E. Linde
  • Publication number: 20230069981
    Abstract: An example system includes stimulation generation circuitry configured to deliver electrical stimulation to a patient; sensing circuitry configured to sense one or more biomarker signals; and processing circuitry configured to: cause delivery of electrical stimulation with the patient in a first patient state; receive a first instance of a biomarker signal in presence of the electrical stimulation with the patient in the first patient state; cause delivery of electrical stimulation with the patient in a second patient state; receive a second instance of the biomarker signal in presence of the electrical stimulation with the patient in the second patient state; determine whether a difference between the first instance of the biomarker signal and the second instance of the biomarker signal satisfies a threshold; select a therapy mode based on whether the difference satisfies the threshold; and cause delivery of electrical stimulation in accordance with the selected therapy mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2022
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Inventors: Benjamin P. Isaacson, Scott R. Stanslaski, Abbey Beuning Holt Becker, Rene A. Molina, Caleb C. Zarns, David E. Linde, Nicholas D. Buse, Thaddeus S. Brink
  • Publication number: 20220266031
    Abstract: An example method includes determining, by an implantable medical device (IMD), an electrode of a plurality of electrodes of a lead to be used to deliver electrical stimulation to a patient at a particular time; selecting, by the IMD and based on the determined electrode, a set of electrodes of the plurality of electrodes; and sensing, by the IMD and via the selected set of electrodes, electrical signals of the patient at the particular time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2022
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Inventors: Benjamin P. Isaacson, David E. Linde, Scott R. Stanslaski, Christopher L. Pulliam, Rene A. Molina, Abbey Beuning Holt Becker, David L. Carlson, Nicholas D. Buse, Duane L. Bourget, Thaddeus S. Brink
  • Publication number: 20210121697
    Abstract: A medical device or system of medical devices can be configured to detect an indicator of a symptom in a patient; in response to detecting the indicator of the symptom in the patient, deliver to the patient a first stimulation therapy; and in response to determining that the indicator of the symptom has been present for more than a threshold amount of time after beginning to deliver the first stimulation therapy a second stimulation therapy different than the first stimulation therapy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2020
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Inventors: David E. Linde, Benjamin P. Isaacson, Nicholas D. Buse, Duane L. Bourget, Robert S. Raike, Jonathon E. Giftakis, Caleb C. Zarns, Thomas L. Chouinard
  • Patent number: 10300282
    Abstract: Electrical stimulation therapy is provided to a patient in order to induce a patient sensation. The patient sensation may be selected from a number of patient sensations. A set of therapy parameter values are associated with each of the number of patient sensations. A user interface allows a user to adjust one or more characteristics of the patient sensation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: Nathan A. Torgerson, Kevin L. Bright, Nicholas D. Buse
  • Publication number: 20170080233
    Abstract: Electrical stimulation therapy is provided to a patient in order to induce a patient sensation. The patient sensation may be selected from a number of patient sensations. A set of therapy parameter values are associated with each of the number of patient sensations. A user interface allows a user to adjust one or more characteristics of the patient sensation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2016
    Publication date: March 23, 2017
    Inventors: Nathan A. Torgerson, Kevin L. Bright, Nicholas D. Buse