Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method of replacing an implanted neuromodulation device
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Application No.: US16948856Application Date: 2020-10-02
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Publication No.: US11679256B2Publication Date: 2023-06-20
- Inventor: Robert T. Sandgren , Elizabeth K. Formosa , Kathryn E. Aman , Steven Deininger , Paul Eichstaedt , Randy S. Roles
- Applicant: Medtronic, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US MN Minneapolis
- Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US MN Minneapolis
- Agency: Patterson Thuente IP
- Main IPC: A61N1/36
- IPC: A61N1/36 ; A61N1/05 ; A61N1/375

Abstract:
A method of replacing a neurostimulator device. The method including explanting a previously implanted neurostimulator device from a site; operably coupling a replacement neurostimulator device to a previously implanted stimulation lead; and implanting a replacement neurostimulator device within the site, the replacement neurostimulator device having a volume of about ten cc's or less, and the previously implanted neurostimulator device having a volume of greater than about ten cc's.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210101008A1 METHOD OF REPLACING AN IMPLANTED NEUROMODULATION DEVICE Public/Granted day:2021-04-08
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