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公开(公告)号:US10391321B2
公开(公告)日:2019-08-27
申请号:US15688454
申请日:2017-08-28
申请人: Nuvectra Corporation
发明人: Norbert Kaula , Yohannes Iyassu , Steven Siegel
摘要: A method of evaluating an implantation of a lead is disclosed. Via a graphical user interface of an electronic device, a visual representation of a sacrum of the patient and a lead that is implanted in the sacrum is displayed. The lead includes a plurality of electrode contacts. An evaluation is made as to how well the lead has been implanted in the sacrum based on the visual representation of the sacrum and the lead. The evaluating comprises: determining whether the lead is inserted in a predetermined region of the sacrum, determining how far a predetermined one of the electrode contacts is located from an edge of the sacrum, and determining a degree of curvature of the lead.
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公开(公告)号:US20190255332A1
公开(公告)日:2019-08-22
申请号:US16404142
申请日:2019-05-06
申请人: Nuvectra Corporation
摘要: The present disclosure provides a medical stimulation system that includes a plurality of implantable channels each operable to obtain a voltage signal from a designated area of a body tissue. The medical stimulation system includes an impedance measurement device. The impedance measurement device includes a plurality of attenuators each coupled to a respective one of the channels. The attenuators are each operable to attenuate an amplitude of the voltage signal received from its respectively-coupled channel. The impedance measurement device includes a multiplexing component that receives the amplitude-attenuated voltage signals from each of the attenuators. The multiplexing component selectively outputs two of the amplitude-attenuated voltage signals. The impedance measurement device includes a differential amplifier that receives the two amplitude-attenuated voltage signals outputted from the multiplexing component as a differential input signal. The differential amplifier generates an amplifier output signal that includes at least partially an amplified version of the differential input signal.
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公开(公告)号:US20190217099A1
公开(公告)日:2019-07-18
申请号:US16367030
申请日:2019-03-27
申请人: Nuvectra Corporation
发明人: NORBERT Kaula , Yohannes Iyassu
CPC分类号: A61N1/36135 , A61B5/11 , A61B5/225 , A61N1/0551 , A61N1/08 , A61N1/36057 , A61N1/36132 , A61N1/36142 , A61N1/37241 , A61N1/37247 , A61N1/37282 , A61N1/37288
摘要: A first value of an electrical stimulation parameter of an electrical stimulation therapy that resulted in a first physiological response for a patient is identified. The electrical stimulation therapy is delivered at least in part through a lead that is implanted inside the patient. Based on the first value, a limit of a second value of the electrical stimulation parameter that should result in a second physiological response for the patient is determined. An actual second value of the electrical stimulation parameter that actually resulted in the second physiological response for the patient is identified. Based on a comparison of the limit of the second value and the actual second value, an implantation of the lead is evaluated.
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公开(公告)号:US20190175911A1
公开(公告)日:2019-06-13
申请号:US16278308
申请日:2019-02-18
申请人: Nuvectra Corporation
IPC分类号: A61N1/36
摘要: A method, device and/or system for generating arbitrary waveforms of a desired shape that can be used for generating a stimulation pulse for medical purposes such as for spinal cord stimulation therapy, including the option of using such arbitrary waveforms for charge balancing purposes.
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公开(公告)号:US10244956B2
公开(公告)日:2019-04-02
申请号:US15430061
申请日:2017-02-10
申请人: Nuvectra Corporation
发明人: Lawrence Kane
摘要: In various examples, a stimulation needle apparatus is used for selectively administering a trial stimulation to body tissue of a patient. The stimulation needle apparatus includes a cannula assembly including a cannula and a cannula hub disposed at a proximal cannula end. A stylet assembly includes a stylet sized and shaped to fit within a cannula lumen. A stylet hub is disposed at the proximal stylet end and is configured to engage with the cannula hub. With the stylet hub engaged with the cannula hub, the distal stylet end extends distally from the distal cannula end. A stylet connection is electrically coupled with the stylet and is configured to electrically couple with a stimulator device, such that, a stimulation pulse delivered by the stimulator device is conducted from the stylet connection through the stylet to the distal stylet end to administer the trial stimulation.
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公开(公告)号:US10238877B2
公开(公告)日:2019-03-26
申请号:US15356772
申请日:2016-11-21
申请人: Nuvectra Corporation
摘要: An anal electrode device is configured to measure a response of a patient to a stimulation pulse. The anal electrode device includes an elongated shaft that is configured to be at least partially inserted into an anal canal of the patient. A first sensory electrode is disposed on a first region of the shaft. The first sensory electrode is configured to measure a compound motor action potential (CMAP) from an internal sphincter of the patient while the shaft is partially inserted into the anal canal of the patient. A second sensory electrode is disposed on a second region of the shaft. The second sensory electrode is configured to measure the CMAP from an external sphincter of the patient while the shaft is partially inserted into the anal canal of the patient.
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公开(公告)号:US20190052106A1
公开(公告)日:2019-02-14
申请号:US16157806
申请日:2018-10-11
申请人: Nuvectra Corporation
发明人: Benjamin Cottrill , Les Halberg , Michael Labbe , Joey Chen
摘要: A system and method for using statistical analysis of information obtained during a rechargeable battery charging session, wherein the method is for optimizing one or more parameters that are used for controlling the charging of a rechargeable battery during the charging session.
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公开(公告)号:US20180333578A1
公开(公告)日:2018-11-22
申请号:US15980590
申请日:2018-05-15
申请人: Nuvectra Corporation
发明人: Alan Mock , Kimberley Clavenna
CPC分类号: A61N1/36062 , A61N1/0551 , A61N1/36071 , A61N1/36125 , A61N1/36175 , A61N1/37217 , A61N1/37247 , A61N1/37264 , A61N1/3787
摘要: A pulse generator includes charging circuitry configured to provide electrical power to the pulse generator. The pulse generator includes communication circuitry configured to conduct wireless telecommunications with external programming devices. The telecommunications contain programming instructions sent from the external programming devices. The pulse generator includes stimulation circuitry configured to generate electrical pulses based on the programming instructions. The electrical pulses have a pulse width greater than 1000 microseconds. In some embodiments, the stimulation circuitry is configured to generate the electrical pulses without inducing paresthesia for a target patient. In some embodiments, the stimulation circuitry is configured to generate the electrical pulses without causing an uncomfortable rib stimulation for a target patient.
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公开(公告)号:US10080897B2
公开(公告)日:2018-09-25
申请号:US15610898
申请日:2017-06-01
申请人: Nuvectra Corporation
发明人: Norbert Kaula , Yohannes Iyassu , Michael Labbe
CPC分类号: A61N1/36132 , A61N1/05 , A61N1/0512 , A61N1/0551 , A61N1/0558 , A61N1/36007 , A61N1/3606 , A61N1/36146 , A61N1/37235 , A61N1/37247
摘要: A pulse generator is configured to generate electrical pulses of an electrical stimulation therapy. The pulse generator includes an N number of output channels and a microcontroller configured to generate instructions. The pulse generator is configured to generate different stimulation waveforms simultaneously for the output channels. The different waveforms have different waveform characteristics. A mesh electrode array includes an M number of electrodes. Each of the electrodes is configured to deliver the electrical pulses of the electrical stimulation therapy. M is at least several times greater than N. A solid state relay contains a plurality of controllable switches that is each configured to be turned on or off in response to the instructions received from the microcontroller, such that the solid state relay routes the output channels of the pulse generator to different subset of the electrodes of the mesh electrode array at different points in time.
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公开(公告)号:US09895532B2
公开(公告)日:2018-02-20
申请号:US15229003
申请日:2016-08-04
申请人: Nuvectra Corporation
发明人: Norbert Kaula , Yohannes Iyassu
CPC分类号: A61N1/0558 , A61N1/05 , A61N1/0512 , A61N1/0551 , A61N1/36007 , A61N1/3606 , A61N1/36132 , A61N1/36146 , A61N1/37235 , A61N1/37247
摘要: A medical system includes an implantable lead having a plurality of electrode contacts, a pulse generator coupled to the lead and configured to generate electrical pulses to be delivered to a patient through the plurality of electrode contacts, and an electronic programmer coupled to the pulse generator. The electronic programmer programs the pulse generator to generate the electrical pulses. The pulse generator is programmed to generate an electrical stimulation to be applied to the patient via one of the electrode contacts on the implantable lead. A determination is received as to whether the patient, in response to the electrical stimulation, exhibited a bellows response or a toes response. A stimulation parameter of the electrical stimulation is ramped up in response to a determination that the patient did not exhibit the bellows response or the toes response and that the patient did not feel pain in response to the electrical stimulation.
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