Treating Mental Or Emotional Disorder Patents (Class 607/45)
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Patent number: 11684772Abstract: An electrode (10) for transcranial current stimulation is provided. The electrode (10) comprises at least two pins (11a, 11b) for contacting the skin of a living or human being, and a current delivering unit (12) connected to the at least two pins (11a, 11b). The current delivering unit (12) is configured to estimate the corresponding range of the respective contact impedance with respect to the skin for each of the at least two pins (11a, 11b) or to analyze the corresponding level of the respective contact impedance with respect to the skin for each of the at least two pins (11a, 11b). The current delivering unit (12) is configured to distribute a desired current over all of the at least two pins (11a, 11b) or to select a set of the at least two pins (11a, 11b) for delivering a set of partial currents in order to achieve the desired current.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2021Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: STICHTING IMEC NEDERLANDInventor: Vojkan Mihajlovic
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Patent number: 11684788Abstract: A device for implant in a hole in cranium relative to a bone table includes a can having an electrical-contact pad. The can has a perimeter edge defining a boundary, and a recessed portion with an upper surface positioned to lie beneath the bone table when the can is placed in the hole. The device also include a cover assembly that couples to and decouples from the can at the electrical-contact pad. A strain relief system includes a lower strain relief and an upper strain relief. The lower strain relief defines channels that receive a portion of a lead and includes a curved portion that extends upward from the upper surface of the recessed portion to the bone table, and a linear portion that extends from the curved portion to an end beyond the perimeter edge. The upper strain relief couples to and decouples from the can and/or the lower strain relief.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2019Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: NeuroPace, Inc.Inventors: Joseph Vandenburg, Jerzy Sochor
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Patent number: 11679260Abstract: The present disclosure relates to apparatuses and methods for treating neurological disorders by electro-stimulation. In some embodiments, the apparatus includes a stimulation module configured to generate a stimulation signal to be sent to at least one implantable electrode, and an acquisition module configured to acquire a signal measured by the at least one implantable electrode from a patient. The acquisition module may include a front-end block configured to amplify a potential difference of input signals (V1a, V2a) received by the acquisition module and to filter a stimulus artifact by cutting off frequencies above a predefined frequency band. The front-end block may include a multi-stage fully-differential switched capacitor circuit configured for discrete-time signal processing.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2021Date of Patent: June 20, 2023Assignee: Newronika S.p.A.Inventors: Daniel Senderowicz, Mattia Arlotti, Nicolo Vieno, Lorenzo Rossi
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Patent number: 11672990Abstract: A headset for positioning an electronic device against a head of a patient includes a flexible frame configured to surround a portion of the head, the flexible frame defining an interior channel and an exterior slot, a curved structure configured to grasp an ear of the patient, the curved structure being movable within the interior channel of the flexible frame for accommodating a size of the head, and a mount including a support base to which the electronic device can be attached, the mount being slidable along the exterior slot of the flexible frame to position the electronic device along the head.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2019Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: Stimwave Technologies IncorporatedInventors: Laura Tyler Perryman, Chad David Andresen
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Patent number: 11672980Abstract: A method for treating anxiety disorders may include applying a first pair of electrodes on the left side of a subject's head and a second pair of electrodes on the right side of the subject's head; applying a first stimulus carrier of a first magnitude to the first pair of electrodes and a second stimulus carrier of a second magnitude to the second pair of electrodes, wherein the first and second stimulus carriers combine to produce a stimulus having a frequency between 1 Hz and 1 kHz; and steering the stimulus toward the subject's left amygdala.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2022Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Inventors: Don M. Tucker, Phan Luu
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Patent number: 11672986Abstract: Systems, apparatus, and methods for treating medication refractory epilepsy are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of treating epilepsy is disclosed comprising detecting, using a first electrode array coupled to a first endovascular carrier, an electrophysiological signal of a subject. The method further comprises analyzing the electrophysiological signal using a neuromodulation unit electrically coupled to the first electrode array and stimulating an intracorporeal target of the subject using a second electrode array coupled to a second endovascular carrier implanted within a part of a bodily vessel superior to a base of the skull of the subject.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2022Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignees: Synchron Australia Pty Limited, The University of MelbourneInventors: Nicholas Lachlan Opie, Thomas James Oxley, Gil Simon Rind
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Patent number: 11666760Abstract: A method includes applying, by an implantable medical device (IMD), stimulation to a cranial nerve of a patient responsive to a determination that a level of synchrony between neural activity of one or more regions of an autonomic nervous system of the patient and one or more regions of a central nervous system of the patient falls below a first threshold and discontinuing the application of stimulation by the IMD when the level of synchrony exceeds a second threshold.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2021Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignee: LivaNova USA, Inc.Inventors: Shivkumar Sabesan, Steven E. Maschino
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Patent number: 11660452Abstract: In one embodiment, the present disclosure is directed to a method for providing a neural stimulation therapy to treat chronic pain of a patient. The method comprises: recording, using a neural sensing system, neural activity of the patient at one or more sites within the nervous system of the patient related to the chronic pain of the patient, modifying a computational neural modeling system to model the sensed neural activity of the patient; computing a respective neural response of the patient for each of a plurality of different temporal stimulation patterns using the modified computational neural modeling system; selecting, based on the respective neural responses, one of the plurality of temporal stimulation patterns; and programming an implantable stimulation system to provide the selected one of the plurality of temporal stimulation patterns to the patient to treat the chronic pain of the patient.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2018Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: Pacesetter, Inc.Inventors: Alexander Kent, Jeffery M. Kramer
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Patent number: 11654284Abstract: An electrode lead comprises an electrically insulative cuff body and at least three axially aligned electrode contacts circumferentially disposed along the inner surface of the cuff body when in the furled state. The electrode contacts may be circumferentially disposed around a nerve, and an electrical pulse train may be delivered to the electrode contacts thereby stimulating the nerve to treat obstructive sleep apnea. The electrical pulse train may be one that pre-conditions peripherally located nerve fascicles to not be stimulated, while stimulating centrally located nerve fascicles. A feedback mechanism can be used to titrate electrode contacts and electrical pulse train to the patient. A sensor that is affixed to the case of a neurostimulator can be used to measure physiological artifacts of respiration, and a motion detector can be used to sense tapping of the neurostimulator to toggle the neurostimulator between an ON position and an OFF position.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2020Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: THE ALFRED E. MANN FOUNDATION FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCHInventors: Harshit Suri, Joseph L. Calderon, Gregory Frederick Molnar, George S. Goding, Jr., Alanie Atyabi, Siegmar Schmidt, William Dai, Brian Dearden, Desmond B. Keenan
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Patent number: 11654277Abstract: Systems and methods for treating diseases and disorders in a patient are provided. A device comprises a stimulator comprising an electrode and an energy source. The energy source is configured to generate an electrical impulse and transmit the electrical impulse to the electrode through an outer skin surface to a vagus nerve of the patient. The device further comprises a sensor for detecting a physiological parameter of a patient's heart and a controller coupled to the stimulator and the sensor and configured to activate the stimulator based on the physiological parameter to cause the stimulator to generate the electrical impulse. In some aspects, the electrical impulse is sufficient to modulate the vagus nerve to treat a cardiac arrhythmia of the patient.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2022Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: ElectroCore, Inc.Inventors: Bruce J. Simon, Joseph P. Errico, John T. Raffle
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Patent number: 11654159Abstract: Stimulation using EA of LI-4, LI-11, GV-14 and GV-20 in humans, horses, and rodents results in mobilization of MSCs into systemic circulation. Methods are provided for increasing mesenchymal stem cells in the circulating blood of a mammal by contacting acupuncture points LI-4, LI-11, GV-14, and GV-20 of the mammal with a therapeutically effective amount of EA stimulation to mobilize MSCs into the circulating blood of the mammal. Methods for treating damaged tissue, specifically damaged tendons are also provided. Isolated mesenchymal stem cells made according to these methods, methods of isolated them, and stem cell banks that store them are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2017Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.Inventors: Maria A. Grant, Tatiana E. Salazar, Huisheng Xie
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Patent number: 11648403Abstract: An electrical stimulation system for use with a plurality of electrodes implanted within a tissue region comprises a neurostimulator configured for delivering electrical stimulation energy to the plurality of electrodes in accordance with a set of stimulation parameters, thereby injecting a charge into the tissue region, a control device configured for receiving user input to modify the set of stimulation parameters, and controller/processor circuitry configured for, in response to the user input computing a charge injection metric value as a function of a physical electrode parameter and an electrical source parameter for a first set of the electrodes, wherein the electrode set comprises at least two electrodes, comparing the computed charge injection metric value to a safety threshold value, and performing a corrective action based on the comparison.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2021Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Assignee: Boston Scientific Neuromodulation CorporationInventors: Gustav Karl Steinke, Michael A. Moffitt
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Patent number: 11651188Abstract: A biological computing platform may include a multielectrode array (MEA) connected to a computing device. The MEA may include a 2D grid of excitation sites, biological neurons disposed on the MEA, a processing device to apply a plurality of impulses at excitation sites having coordinates on the 2D grid, and one or more sensors to measure electrical signals output by one or more of the biological neurons at coordinates of the 2D grid, wherein the processing device is to receive the electrical signals from the one or more sensors and generate a representation of the electrical signals. The computing device may be programmed to receive a digital input signal, convert the digital input signal into instructions for the plurality of impulses, send the instructions to the MEA, receive the representation of the electrical signals from the MEA, and process the representation of the electrical signals.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2019Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Assignee: CCLabs Pty LtdInventor: Hon Weng Chong
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Patent number: 11642516Abstract: Systems and methods for stimulating the sensory cortex of an individual by obtaining a neuronal stimulation signal adapted to provide a movement cue for the individual and transmitting the neuronal stimulation signal to an electric contact of a neuronal stimulation electrode that is already implanted into the brain of the individual for a purpose different from providing the movement cue. Proprioceptive information is communicated to the individual by obtaining information about the body posture of the individual and applying a neuronal stimulation signal to an afferent axon targeting a sensory neuron in the cortex of the individual. The neuronal stimulation signal is determined based on the obtained body posture information and corresponds to the proprioceptive information. A first neuronal stimulation signal providing the movement cue and a second neuronal stimulation signal providing the proprioceptive information may be applied together to the cortex of the individual.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2019Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: CEREGATE GMBHInventor: Bálint Várkuti
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Patent number: 11642530Abstract: The present invention provides systems and methods for modulating the plasticity and/or memory of the autonomic nervous system.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2018Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: The Regents of the University of CaliforniaInventors: Jeffrey Laurence Ardell, Marmar Vaseghi, Kalyanam Shivkumar
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Patent number: 11642529Abstract: An electrode lead comprises an electrically insulative cuff body and at least three axially aligned electrode contacts circumferentially disposed along the inner surface of the cuff body when in the furled state. The electrode contacts may be circumferentially disposed around a nerve, and an electrical pulse train may be delivered to the electrode contacts thereby stimulating the nerve to treat obstructive sleep apnea. The electrical pulse train may be one that pre-conditions peripherally located nerve fascicles to not be stimulated, while stimulating centrally located nerve fascicles. A feedback mechanism can be used to titrate electrode contacts and electrical pulse train to the patient. A sensor that is affixed to the case of a neurostimulator can be used to measure physiological artifacts of respiration, and a motion detector can be used to sense tapping of the neurostimulator to toggle the neurostimulator between an ON position and an OFF position.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2020Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: THE ALFRED E. MANN FOUNDATION FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCHInventors: Harshit Suri, Joseph L. Calderon, Gregory Frederick Molnar, George S. Goding, Jr., Alanie Atyabi, Siegmar Schmidt, William Dai, Brian Dearden, Desmond B. Keenan
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Patent number: 11638816Abstract: A nerve cuff electrode device comprising a cuff body having a smart memory polymer layer with a rigid configuration at room temperature and a softened configuration at about 37° C. The smart memory polymer layer has a trained curved region with a radius of curvature of about 3000 microns or less. A plurality of thin film electrodes located on the smart memory polymer layer. The thin film electrodes include discrete titanium nitride electrode sites that are located in the trained curved region. An exposed surface of each of the discrete titanium nitride electrode sites has a charge injection capacity of about 0.1 mC/cm2 or greater. Methods or manufacturing and using the device are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2021Date of Patent: May 2, 2023Assignee: Board of Regents, The University of Texas SystemInventors: Romil Modi, Walter E. Voit, Mario Romero-Ortega
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Patent number: 11638824Abstract: A method of treating motor deficits in a stroke patient, comprising assessing a patient's motor deficits, determining therapeutic goals for the patient, based on the patient's motor deficits, selecting therapeutic tasks based on the therapeutic goals, performing each of the selected therapeutic tasks repetitively, observing the performance of the therapeutic tasks, initiating the stimulation of the vagus nerve manually at approximately a predetermined moment during the performance of the therapeutic tasks, stimulating the vagus nerve of the patient during the performance of the selected therapeutic tasks, and improving the patient's motor deficits.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2016Date of Patent: May 2, 2023Assignee: THE BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEMInventors: Michael P. Kilgard, Nazer Engineer, David Michael Pierce, Robert L. Rennaker
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Patent number: 11633603Abstract: A system provides a burr hole cap assembly configured to secure a position of a lead implanted through a burr hole in a cranium of a patient. One or more electrodes are coupled to one or more components of the burr hole cap assembly. The one or more electrode is disposed within the burr hole cap assembly for sensing signals within a brain of the patient or stimulating a portion of the brain of the patient.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2020Date of Patent: April 25, 2023Assignee: MEDTRONIC, INC.Inventors: Erik J. Peterson, Scott R. Stanslaski, Alan Shi
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Patent number: 11633112Abstract: An example device of a patient includes an antenna configured to wirelessly receive communication from a medical device; and processing circuitry coupled to the antenna and configured to: determine that the received communication indicates that a patient is experiencing an acute health event; in response to the determination, determine one or more physical states of the patient based on sensed data from one or more sensors; confirm that the patient is not experiencing the acute health event based on the determined one or more physical states; and output information based on the confirmation that the patient is not experiencing the acute health event.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2021Date of Patent: April 25, 2023Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.Inventors: Robert W. Stadler, Ryan D. Wyszynski, Paul J. DeGroot, Shantanu Sarkar, Paul G. Krause, Kevin T. Ousdigian, Grant A. Neitzell, Christopher D. Koch
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Patent number: 11627915Abstract: A physical area network for detecting head injuries described herein enables significantly improved cranial health monitoring and treatment by utilizing internal (in-body) mechanisms and information and external mechanisms and information.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2019Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Inventor: Lucas J. Myslinski
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Patent number: 11623084Abstract: An apparatus for delivering a plurality of electromagnetic fields to a body of an individual. The apparatus includes a plurality of electrode elements and a control device coupled with the plurality of electrode elements. The control device is configured to detect temperatures of the plurality of electrode elements, determine alternate firing sequences of the plurality of electrode elements, and implement the determined alternate firing sequences for delivering the plurality of electromagnetic fields for treating tumors in the body of the individual and reducing temperatures of the plurality of electrode elements.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2020Date of Patent: April 11, 2023Assignee: LifeBridge Innovations, PBCInventors: Peter F. Travers, Ken Watkins, Scott Krywick, Matthew Travers
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Patent number: 11623094Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method and apparatus for measuring a bioimpedance and performing an electrical stimulation. The method includes generating a first current corresponding to a first high-frequency, generating a second current corresponding to a second high-frequency, generating a low-frequency current based on a beat phenomenon of the first current and the second current, and calculating an impedance of a target part based on a voltage induced to the target part by a high-frequency current corresponding to at least one of the first current and the second current and the low-frequency current.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2019Date of Patent: April 11, 2023Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hyungwoo Lee, Sang Joon Kim, Jongpal Kim
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Patent number: 11622697Abstract: A hearing prosthesis, comprising: a microphone; a sound processor; an external transmitter unit including a coil; an internal receiver unit including a coil; a stimulator unit, wherein the stimulator unit includes a control circuit, a voltage measurement component, a resistor and a signal generator, wherein the measurement circuit is configured to output a signal indicative of the voltage across the resistor; and a stimulating lead assembly array, wherein at least a portion of the hearing prosthesis is configured to apply an electrical signal to tissue inside a cochlea of a recipient, and at least a portion of the hearing prosthesis is configured to sense an electrical property inside of the cochlea that results from the applied electrical signal and the interaction of the applied electrical signal to the tissue.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2017Date of Patent: April 11, 2023Assignee: Cochlear LimitedInventor: Paul Carter
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Patent number: 11620538Abstract: A system and related method are provided for dynamically modifying a rule-based matching system. A processor receives a source data entity, and then locates a matching data entity by a search based on the source data entity and a rule set. A rater assessment is provided by a rater that utilizes at least one factor that is independent of the rule set and comprises a degree of matching between the source and matching data entity. A revised rule set is dynamically created based on an output of the analyzer, which in turn is based on the source data entity, the matching data entity, the rater assessment, and the rule set. Once this is complete, a second matching data entity is located by searching for the second matching data entity based on the source data entity and the revised rule set.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2021Date of Patent: April 4, 2023Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.Inventors: Adam Sanders, Christopher Shain
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Patent number: 11617894Abstract: An ElectroConvulsive Therapy (ECT) device for generating a series of electrical therapeutic pulses for delivery to a patient to cause a seizure includes a user interface configured to accept one or more therapy settings from a user, a therapy generator configured to generate the series of electrical therapeutic pulses, and a therapy delivery system structured to apply the series of electrical therapeutic pulses to the patient. The ECT device further includes a power monitor configured to measure average electrical power that is being delivered to the patient through the series of electrical therapeutic pulses in real-time during a treatment session, and to cause the therapy generator to cease operation after a predetermined threshold level of average electrical power has been delivered to the patient. Related methods are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2021Date of Patent: April 4, 2023Assignee: BALANCE POINT, LLCInventor: John B. Shaw
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Patent number: 11617887Abstract: Systems and methods for promoting neuroplasticity in a brain of a subject to improve and/or restore neural function are disclosed herein. One such method includes detecting residual movement and/or muscular activity in a limb of the subject, such as a paretic limb. The method further includes generating a stimulation pattern based on the detected movement and/or muscular activity, and stimulating the brain of the subject with the stimulation pattern. It is expected that delivering stimulation based on the detected residual movement and/or muscular activity of the limb will induce neuroplasticity for restoring neural function, such as control of the limb. A second method involves detecting brain signals and delivering contingent stimulation. A third method involves delivering pairs of successive stimulus patterns to two brain sites, controlled either by preprogrammed sequences or contingent on neural or muscular activity or movement.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2019Date of Patent: April 4, 2023Assignee: University of Washington and Seattle Children's Hospital Children's Research InstituteInventors: Rajesh P. N. Rao, Jeffrey G. Ojemann, Eberhard E. Fetz, Chet T. Moritz, Jeffrey Herron
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Patent number: 11612786Abstract: A system and method for targeted neurological treatment using brainwave entrainment therapy with passive treatment that allows for targeted treatment of particular areas of the brain, particular neurological functions, particular neurological states, and combinations of areas, functions, and states. The system and method receive gait parameters for an individual and compare those against a database of historical gait data to determine if an onset neurodegenerative condition is present, and applies a brainwave entrainment therapy responsive to the determination of the condition.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2022Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Assignee: BLUE GOJI LLCInventor: Coleman Fung
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Patent number: 11612756Abstract: An implantable head-mounted unibody peripheral neurostimulation system is provided for implantation in the head for the purpose of treating chronic head pain, including migraine. The system may include an implantable pulse generator (IPG) from which multiple stimulating leads may extend sufficient to allow for adequate stimulation over multiple regions of the head, preferably including the frontal, parietal and occipital regions. A lead may include an extended body, along which may be disposed a plurality of surface metal electrodes, which may be sub-divided into a plurality of electrode arrays. A plurality of internal metal wires may run a portion of its length and connect the IPG's internal circuit to the surface metal electrodes. The IPG may include a rechargeable battery, an antenna, and an application specific integrated circuit. The IPG may be capable of functional connection with an external radiofrequency unit for purposes that may include recharging, diagnostic evaluation, and programming.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2021Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Assignee: Shiratronics, Inc.Inventors: Kenneth Lyle Reed, Robert Raymond Bulger
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Patent number: 11602633Abstract: The present invention improves control of currents in a multi-site direct current neurostimulation system. Precise control incorporates three constant current sources in a system consisting of spinal, polarizing and peripheral circuits. Constant current sources (sinks) are placed on the high side of the peripheral circuit and one sink in series on the low side of the spinal circuit in a four electrode configuration, for maintaining both predetermined currents, and current ratios, as the electrode/skin impedance and body impedance vary over the course of a treatment. Resistive steering is also implemented.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2019Date of Patent: March 14, 2023Assignee: PATHMAKER NEUROSYSTEMS INC.Inventors: Gerald Jennings, Andrew Ferencz
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Patent number: 11596795Abstract: An implantable medical device (IMD) is described capable of determining whether a patient is susceptible to freezing of gait events during ambulatory movement without the patient demonstrating an episode of freezing of gait. In one example, the IMD senses, via one or more electrodes, a bioelectrical signal of a brain of the patient while the patient performs movement associated with freezing of gait. The IMD determines, based on the bioelectrical signal, whether the patient is susceptible to freezing of gait while the patient is not experiencing an episode of freezing of gait. Further, upon detecting the movement associated with freezing of gait, the IMD delivers electrical stimulation therapy to the patient configured to suppress freezing of gait.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2017Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: MEDTRONIC, INC.Inventors: Jianping Wu, Scott R. Stanslaski
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Patent number: 11590341Abstract: Devices, systems and methods are provided for treating post-operative symptoms following major surgery and/or for treating patients in critical or intensive care. A method includes positioning a contact surface of a device in contact with an outer skin surface of patient and applying an electrical impulse transcutaneously from the device through the outer skin surface of the patient to a vagus nerve in the patient for about 60 seconds to about 5 minutes. The electrical impulse is sufficient to modify the vagus nerve such that the symptoms are reduced. A stimulation protocol is provided that includes two or more doses administered per day for a period of time sufficient to relieve the symptoms. The doses may be administered before and after the patient's surgery, or while the patient is being treating in intensive care.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2021Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: ELECTROCORE, INCInventors: J. P. Errico, Bruce J. Simon, Peter Staats
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Patent number: 11589806Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for modulating bursts of oscillatory brain activity, such as sleep spindles, in a subject. The invention further relates to methods of improving memory or cognitive function in a subject and method of modulating or enhancing the frequency of occurrence, structure, amplitude, and/or synchronization of sleep spindles in a subject by detecting a burst of oscillatory brain activity in the subject and passing an oscillating current through the skull of the subject.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2016Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: THE UNIVERSIIY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILLInventor: Flavio Frohlich
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Patent number: 11583680Abstract: A neurostimulation system is shown and described. The neurostimulation system may include a stimulation device implantable into a patient, a lead operatively coupled with the stimulation device, a first power cell providing power to the stimulation device where the first power cell is charged by an externally applied AC (High HF) magnetic field.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2014Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Assignee: Deep Brain Innovations LLCInventors: Robert Strother, Stuart Rubin, Jonathan Sakai
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Patent number: 11583343Abstract: Systems and methods are described for functional brain mapping using neuronavigational equipment and additional features. For example, some implementations described combine novel cortical stimulator tools with stereotactic navigation for three-dimensional position tracking of the cortical stimulator tools. In some implementations, the systems and methods described herein can be used on an awake patient. In some implementations, the systems and methods described herein can be used on a patient that is asleep, via motor evoked potentials (MEPs), phase reversal, or electromyography (EMG) monitoring. Accordingly, in some cases sensory and language regions of the brain can be identified in addition to motor regions.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2018Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Assignee: Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and ResearchInventors: Bernard R. Bendok, Rami James N. Aoun, Barrett Anderies
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Patent number: 11576727Abstract: A system for surgical planning and assessment of spinal deformity correction is provided that has a spinal imaging system and a control unit. The spinal imaging system is configured to collect at least one digitized position of one or more vertebral bodies of a subject. The control unit is configured to receive the at least one digitized position, and calculate, based on the at least one digitized position, an optimized posture for the subject. The control unit is configured to receive one or more simulated spinal correction inputs, and based on the inputs and optimized posture, predict an optimal simulated postoperative surgical correction.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2021Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: NuVasive, Inc.Inventors: Alex Turner, Jeffrey Harris
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Patent number: 11577072Abstract: The invention features methods and devices useful for stimulating brain tissue in a subject via electrodes within cranial bone. These methods and devices may be utilized for the detection, prevention, and/or treatment of neurological disorders via electric stimulation. Additionally, the methods and devices disclosed herein may be useful for the treatment, inhibition, and/or arrestment of the growth of tumors.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2017Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: Precisis GmbHInventors: Michael Nitzert, Jean Gotman, Gregor Remmert
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Machine learning based artifact rejection for transcranial magnetic stimulation electroencephalogram
Patent number: 11577090Abstract: A method for machine learning based artifact rejection is provided. The method may include applying a machine learning model to identify artefactual independent components in transcranial magnetic stimulation electroencephalogram data collected during a transcranial magnetic stimulation procedure. Clean transcranial magnetic stimulation electroencephalogram data is generated by removing, from the transcranial magnetic stimulation electroencephalogram data, the artefactual independent components. Real-time adjustments to parameters of the transcranial magnetic stimulation procedure may be performed based on the clean transcranial magnetic stimulation electroencephalogram data. Related systems and articles of manufacture, including computer program products, are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2017Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignees: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University, Department of Veterans AffairsInventors: Amit Etkin, Corey Keller, Wei Wu -
Patent number: 11577069Abstract: An example of a system for programming neurostimulation according to a stimulation configuration may include stimulation configuration circuitry, volume definition circuitry, stimulation effect circuitry, and recording circuitry. The stimulation configuration circuitry may be configured to determine the stimulation configuration. The volume definition circuitry may be configured to determine stimulation field model(s) (SFM(s)) each representing a volume of tissue activated by the neurostimulation. The stimulation effect circuitry may be configured to determine a stimulation effect type for each tagging point specified for the SFM(s) and to tag the SFM(s) at each tagging point with the stimulation effect type determined for that tagging point. The stimulation effect type for each tagging point is a type of stimulation resulting from the neurostimulation as measured at that tagging point.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2020Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: Boston Scientific Neuromodulation CorporationInventor: G. Karl Steinke
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Patent number: 11565114Abstract: An example of a system may include a processor, and a memory device comprising instructions, which when executed by the processor, cause the processor to access at least one of patient input, clinician input, or automatic input, use the patient input, clinician input, or automatic input in a search method, the search method designed to evaluate a plurality of candidate neuromodulation parameter sets to identify an optimal neuromodulation parameter set, and program a neuromodulator using the optimal neuromodulation parameter set to stimulate a patient.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2020Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: Boston Scientific Neuromodulation CorporationInventors: Christopher Ewan Gillespie, Michael A. Moffitt, Que T. Doan, Changfang Zhu
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Patent number: 11565111Abstract: Various embodiments of a system and method for the treatment of brain cancer using a subdurally-implanted alternating electric field generation apparatus are disclosed herein.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2019Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: Dignity HealthInventors: Benjamin Hendricks, Kris Smith
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Patent number: 11559686Abstract: Disclosed are various examples and embodiments of systems, devices, components and methods configured to treat mood disorders in a patient using a compact implantable neurostimulator and corresponding lead(s) that are shaped, sized and configured to be implanted beneath a patient's skin in the head or neck, and to stimulate one or more target cranial nerves. The one or more medical electrical leads comprising electrode(s) are positioned adjacent to, in contact with, or in operative positional relationship to, the one or more target cranial nerves of the patient. In some embodiments, electrical stimulation is provided to the one or more target cranial nerve(s) of the patient for periods of time ranging between 30 and 60 minutes, once or twice per day. In some embodiments, power is provided to the implantable neurostimulator transcutaneously by inductive, wireless, RF, acoustic, microwave, or other suitable non-invasive means.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2020Date of Patent: January 24, 2023Inventor: John Swoyer
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Patent number: 11554244Abstract: Systems and methods are provided to combine multiple stimulation modalities to significantly increase the effectiveness of non-invasive stimulation. Multiple sensor and stimulation devices and modalities can be combined into a single, compact unit that minimizes the need for additional sensors or stimulation devices. The system features several subunits, referred to as sensory and stimulation devices (SSD), that are integrated into a headphone setup. The system is controlled by a centralized controller that communicates with all of the SSDs and with an external computer system that delivers learning material synchronized with the delivery of stimulations and the collection of user responses based on physiological signals.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2020Date of Patent: January 17, 2023Assignee: Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama, for and on behalf of the University of Alabama in HuntsvilleInventor: Emil Jovanov
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Patent number: 11541230Abstract: The invention is an implantable electrical connection between an electrical implant which has at least one electrical conductor and at least one electrical feed line. The invention further relates to a method for producing an implantable electrical connection between an electrical implant. The invention comprises at least one electrical cable having a cable end, to which an electrically conductive flat piece is unsupportedly fined, and that the at least one implant-side electrical conductor is joined to the flat piece.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2018Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignee: NEUROLOOP GMBHInventors: Dennis Plachta, Fabian Kimmig, Tim Boretius
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Patent number: 11541234Abstract: A patient monitoring system within an Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) device includes a patient monitoring channel including a first electrode and a second electrode, with each electrode coupled to a respective lead. The monitoring system also includes an Alternating Current source structured to inject a test current to the first electrode lead or the second electrode lead and a differential amplifier structured to measure differences between signals received from the first electrode lead and the second electrode lead. Related methods include evaluating a quality of an electrode contact with a skin surface by injecting a lead of the electrode and one input of a differential amplifier with a known electrical current, comparing a difference between an electrical signal received from the lead of the injected electrode as well as from a lead of a passive signal electrode, and evaluating the compared difference.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2021Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Inventors: Richard A. Sunderland, John B. Shaw
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Patent number: 11534094Abstract: A brain response measurement system includes a stimulation timing control unit calculating, based on a delay time from a brain response to first stimulation in a first brain area to a brain response to a second stimulation in the first brain area, and a delay time from a brain response to the second stimulation in the second brain area to a brain response to the first stimulation in the second brain area, start and end times of the first stimulation and start and end times of the second stimulation that cause the brain response to the first stimulation in the first brain area and the brain response to the second stimulation in the first brain area not to overlap and cause the brain response to the second stimulation in the second brain area and the brain response to the first stimulation in the second brain area not to overlap.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2020Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Yoshihiro Misaka, Hirofumi Morise, Kiwamu Kudo
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Patent number: 11534074Abstract: Systems and methods for predicting and treating relapses for neurological conditions in accordance with embodiments of the invention are illustrated. One embodiment includes a method for predicting and treating a clinical neurological condition relapse. The method includes steps for selecting a threshold heart rate variability value for a patient suffering from a clinical neurological condition, monitoring, using a cardiac monitor, the heart rate variability of the patient over time, providing an indicator that a relapse is imminent when the heart rate variability of the patient falls below the threshold heart rate variability value, and treating the patient using a transcranial magnetic stimulation device by applying an accelerated theta burst stimulation protocol where the transcranial magnetic stimulation target is the left prefrontal dorsolateral cortex.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2019Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior UniversityInventors: Nolan Williams, Keith Sudheimer
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Patent number: 11524162Abstract: A method and system are provided for determining a relation between stimulation settings for a brain stimulation probe and a corresponding V-field. The brain stimulation probe comprises multiple stimulation electrodes. The V-field is an electrical field in brain tissue surrounding the stimulation electrodes.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2020Date of Patent: December 13, 2022Assignees: Medtronic Bakken Research Center B.V., NeuroNexus Technologies Inc.Inventors: Emil Toader, Hubert Cécile François Martens, Michel Marcel Jose Decré, Franciscus Paulus Maria Budzelaar, Pieter Gerrit Blanken, David James Anderson
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Patent number: 11524111Abstract: We report a method of treating an epileptic seizure in a patient, comprising: detecting said epileptic seizure, based on body data from said patient; and reducing a flow of blood to a brain of said patient in response to said detected seizure; wherein said reducing is effected by: increasing the parasympathetic input to said patient's heart, such as by electrically stimulating a parasympathetic nervous structure, applying cooling energy to a sympathetic nervous structure, or administering a cholinergic or a sympatho-blocking agent to said patient. We also report a medical device system configured to implement the method. We also report a non-transitory computer readable program storage unit encoded with instructions that, when executed by a computer, perform the method.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2019Date of Patent: December 13, 2022Assignee: Flint Hills Scientific, LLCInventor: Ivan Osorio
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Patent number: 11517706Abstract: The invention discloses a functional electrical stimulation device including a headset, an electrical stimulation patch, an LED display screen, a circuit board, a rechargeable battery and a wireless terminal, and a method for using same. Two headphone bodies are symmetrically disposed on the headset, the circuit board and rechargeable battery are respectively mounted on the headphone bodies, and a music control button and an electrical stimulation mode and time control button are mounted on the two headphone bodies respectively. Two electrical stimulation patches are mounted on a middle portion of the headset, two LED display screens are respectively mounted on the two electrical stimulation patches. An audio decoder chip, a button control module, a power switch, an electrical stimulation generation module, a wireless communications module and a charging port are disposed on the circuit board, and the wireless terminal is independently disposed and in wireless communication with the circuit board.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2017Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: SOOCHOW UNIVERSITYInventors: Shaolong Kuang, Xiao Cheng, Yinfang Fang, Yucun Tang, Fangxia Li, Shuai Wu, Shumei Yu