Patents by Inventor Stephen Lorne Bolea

Stephen Lorne Bolea 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).

  • BIOIMPEDANCE-BASED SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TREATING BLADDER AND/OR BOWEL DYSFUNCTION
    Publication number: 20260027358
    Abstract: Systems and methods for treating bladder and/or bowel dysfunction of a patient includes a stimulation element implanted to stimulate one or more target sites, and a bioimpedance sensor to sense at least one bioimpedance parameter of the patient. In some examples. stimulation energy is applied to an anatomical structure of the patient as a function of the sensed bioimpedance parameter. for example to address the potential bladder or bowel dysfunction event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2023
    Publication date: January 29, 2026
    Applicant: NSPIRE MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Stephen Lorne Bolea, Christopher Poletto, John Rondoni
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TREATING INCONTINENCE
    Publication number: 20250339681
    Abstract: A system and/or method to treat incontinence of a patient includes a stimulation element implanted to stimulate one or more target sites to activate an external sphincter or other mechanism of continence of the patient, such as the external urethral sphincter and/or the external anal sphincter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2025
    Publication date: November 6, 2025
    Applicant: INSPIRE MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: John Rondoni, Stephen Lorne Bolea
  • Systems and methods for treating incontinence
    Patent number: 12357823
    Abstract: A system and/or method to treat incontinence of a patient includes a stimulation element implanted to stimulate one or more target sites to activate an external sphincter or other mechanism of continence of the patient, such as the external urethral sphincter and/or the external anal sphincter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2025
    Assignee: INSPIRE MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: John Rondoni, Stephen Lorne Bolea
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TREATING BLADDER AND/OR BOWEL DYSFUNCTION
    Publication number: 20240149064
    Abstract: Systems and methods for treating bladder and/or bowel dysfunction of a patient includes a stimulation element implanted to stimulate one or more target sites, and a sensor to sense sensing at least one parameter of the patient indicative of a potential bladder or bowel dysfunction event. In some examples, stimulation energy is applied to an anatomical structure of the patient as a function of the sensed parameter, for example to address the potential bladder or bowel dysfunction event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2022
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: INSPIRE MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: John Rondoni, Stephen Lorne Bolea, Christopher Poletto, Lee Erik Swanson
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DIAPHRAGM STIMULATION
    Publication number: 20240050743
    Abstract: A number of systems and methods described here are directed to controlling, activating, and otherwise interacting with the phrenic nerve of a patient while the patient is undergoing mechanical ventilation, thus interacting with the diaphragm. Some embodiments of the systems and methods described herein are configured to achieve phrenic nerve stimulation in a controlled manner so as to sufficiently adapt the breathing therapy to a variety of patients.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventors: Ishmael Bentley, II, Stephen Lorne Bolea, Frank Francis Jocewicz, III, Tim Miller
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TREATING INCONTINENCE
    Publication number: 20220288388
    Abstract: A system and/or method to treat incontinence of a patient includes a stimulation element implanted to stimulate one or more target sites to activate an external sphincter or other mechanism of continence of the patient, such as the external urethral sphincter and/or the external anal sphincter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2020
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Applicant: INSPIRE MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: John Rondoni, Stephen Lorne Bolea