System, method and architecture for facilitating remote patient care

    公开(公告)号:US11364386B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-06-21

    申请号:US16449056

    申请日:2019-06-21

    Abstract: A system, method and a network architecture for facilitating remote care therapy via secure communication channels between clinicians and patients having one or more IMDs, wherein certain unique information retrieved from an IMD is used in association with an encryption key infrastructure system for establishing trusted relationships between a clinician device, a patient's device and the patient's IMD. A cloud-based remote care session manager is provided for registering and validating the clinician and patent devices based on the IMD data used as trust indicia. In one embodiment, trusted associations between the devices are only established when the devices in close proximity of each other, e.g., in an in-person setting.

    Trajectory guide with dual arc arrangement

    公开(公告)号:US11364086B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-06-21

    申请号:US16265737

    申请日:2019-02-01

    Abstract: A trajectory guiding apparatus and one or more methods associated therewith for facilitating precision-guided alignment and implantation of a DBS therapy device in a patient. Orthogonally disposed first and second arcuate racks are independently actuatable by respective pinion drives, wherein the first arcuate rack is coupled to a base support and the second arcuate rack is operative to support a slider assembly arranged to accommodate an instrumentation column (IC) containing the therapy device. The first pinion drive is actuatable to cause a first curvilinear motion of the second arcuate rack including the slider assembly, the first curvilinear motion defined along a first arcuate path on a first perpendicular plane. The second pinion drive is actuatable to cause a second curvilinear motion associated with the slider assembly including the IC, the second curvilinear motion defined along a second arcuate path congruent with the second arcuate rack's curvature and disposed on a second perpendicular plane orthogonal to the first perpendicular plane.

    IMPLANTABLE PERIPHERAL NERVE STIMULATION LEAD

    公开(公告)号:US20220184393A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-06-16

    申请号:US17227185

    申请日:2021-04-09

    Inventor: Aaron Raines

    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a stimulation lead for providing stimulation signals to nerve tissue and improved methods for constructing and manufacturing such a stimulation lead. The stimulation lead and/or methods includes a lead with a cable disposed within. At each end of the lead body a portion of the cable is exposed, and a metal ferrule is securely attached to the exposed cable portion. An electrode/contact is then securely attached to the metal ferrule such that the electrode covers the metal ferrule, a portion of the lead body, and a transition point where the exposed cable exits the lead body. A tine component may be swaged around a portion of the term end, configured to provide a retaining force against an force acting upon the stimulation lead, while allowing insertion of the stim end of the stimulation lead during implantation, and extraction of the stim end during explantation.

    BULKHEAD ANCHOR FOR MEDICAL DEVICE LEADS

    公开(公告)号:US20220161040A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-05-26

    申请号:US17228238

    申请日:2021-04-12

    Abstract: Systems and methods which provide a bulkhead anchor configuration in which an anchor body includes flexure finger members and a radial bulkhead operable in cooperation to impart a radial compressive force to a corresponding lead body are described. A first portion of a bulkhead anchor body may comprise a plurality of flexure finger members disposed in a corolla configuration forming an anchor lumen through which a lead body may be inserted. A second portion of the bulkhead anchor body may comprise a radial bulkhead having a flexure profile configured to operatively engage the flexure finger members. A locking mechanism may be used to retain the first and second portions of the bulkhead anchor in their relative positions such that the radial compressive force is maintained upon the lead body indefinitely.

    SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO REDUCE RF-INDUCED HEATING OF AN IMPLANTED LEAD

    公开(公告)号:US20220143411A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-05-12

    申请号:US17091336

    申请日:2020-11-06

    Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods for a conductor assembly for an implantable lead cable. The conductor assembly includes a conductive element extending over an axial length from a proximal end to a distal end. The conductor assembly includes an inner dielectric layer coaxially covering the conductive element over the axial length. The conductor assembly includes an inner conductive layer coaxially covering the inner dielectric layer over the axial length, the inner conductive layer comprising a contiguous metal coating having a thickness in a range of 1 to 50 microns.

    IMPLANTABLE STIMULATION LEAD INCLUDING A COILED LEAD BODY AND METHODS FOR FORMING THE SAME

    公开(公告)号:US20220062624A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-03-03

    申请号:US17008058

    申请日:2020-08-31

    Inventor: Aaron Raines

    Abstract: A method of forming a stimulation lead includes forming an implantable lead body, including helically winding at least one cable about a mandrel to form a coiled cable assembly in a first, restrained state. Helically winding the at least one cable includes applying a tensile force to the at least one cable as the at least one cable is wound about the mandrel. Forming the lead body also includes releasing the tensile force from the at least one cable to allow the coiled cable assembly to release stored mechanical energy and transition from the restrained state to a second, relaxed state in which the coiled cable assembly is substantially free of stored mechanical energy. The method further includes subjecting the lead body to a reflow process by applying heat to the lead body, where the tensile force is released prior to the lead body being subjected to the reflow process.

    SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DC PROTECTION IN IMPLANTABLE PULSE GENERATORS

    公开(公告)号:US20210330978A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-10-28

    申请号:US16855212

    申请日:2020-04-22

    Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods for circuitry for an implantable pulse generator (IPG) of a neurostimulation system. The circuitry includes at least one anode node, at least one cathode node, a plurality of switching circuits, each switching circuit coupled to the at least one anode node and the at least one cathode node, and a plurality of output channels, each output channel coupled between an associated switching circuit and at least one electrode. The circuitry further includes a first DC blocking capacitor coupled between the at least one anode node and the plurality of switching circuits, a second DC blocking capacitor coupled between the at least one cathode node and the plurality of switching circuits. The circuitry further includes mitigation circuitry operable to limit DC leakage from the plurality of switching circuits through the plurality of output channels.

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