Medtronic, Inc.

Cardionomic, Inc.

Gabriela C Molnar

Richard T Stone

Carl D Wahlstrand

Timothy J Denison

Steven M Goetz

John E Kast

Phillip C Falkner

James M Olsen

Eric H Bonde

Erik R Scott

Scott R Stanslaski

Michael T Hegland

Randy S Roles

Xuan K Wei

Warren W Ball

Brad Conrad Tischendorf

Dwight E Nelson

Craig L Schmidt

Christian S Nielsen

Gordon Orvis Munns

Thomas P Miltich

Bernard Q Li

David L Carlson

Chris J Paidosh

David A Dinsmoor

Gregory F Molnar

Duane L Bourget

William Frederick Kaemmerer

Mark R Christianson

John Louis Sommer

Gary William King

Jianping Wu

Michael Jay Ebert

Todd V Smith

Shawn C Kelley

Anthony M Chasensky

Maciej T Lazarewicz

Joseph J Viavattine

Reginald D Robinson

Prabhakar A Tamirisa

Markus W Reiterer

Forrest C M Pape

Lisa M Johanek

Randy M Jensen

William J Marks, Jr

Dale F Seeley

Joel A Anderson

Rahul Gupta

Stephen J Roddy

Steven D Goedeke

David J Serdar

Wesley A Santa

Ashutosh Chaturvedi

Mark A Christopherson

Steven Lawrence Waldhauser

Michael D Eggen

Peng Cong

Larry Earl Tyler

Andrew N Csavoy

Jordan J Greenberg

Glenna L Case

Robert W Hocken, Jr

Jeffrey R Dixon

Deborah A McConnell

Jalpa S Shah

Kevin K Tidemand

Steven C Christian

David Wayne Bourn

Paula Marcia Kaplan

Wilbert A Wesselink

The disclosure is directed to programming implantable stimulators to deliver stimulation energy via one or more implantable leads having complex electrode array geometries. The disclosure also contemplates guided programming to select electrode combinations and parameter values to support efficacy. The techniques may be applied to a programming interface associated with a clinician programmer, a patient programmer, or both. A user interface permits a user to view electrodes from different perspectives relative to the lead. For example, the user interface provides a side view of a lead and a cross-sectional view of the lead. The user interface may include an axial control medium to select and/or view electrodes at different axial positions along the length of a lead, and a rotational control medium to select and/or view electrodes at different angular positions around a circumference of the lead.

Unwrapped 2D view of a stimulation lead with complex electrode array geometry

A method of detecting catheter movement includes positioning a first sensor in a first body cavity, monitoring a first parameter profile of the first body cavity, positioning a second sensor in a second body cavity, monitoring a second parameter profile of the second body cavity, the second parameter profile different than the first parameter profile at a first time, and, when the second parameter profile is the same as the first parameter profile at a second time after the first time, taking a catheter movement action.

Systems for detecting catheter movement

A neuromodulation therapy is delivered via at least one electrode implanted subcutaneously and superficially to a fascia layer superficial to a nerve of a patient. In one example, an implantable medical device is deployed along a superficial surface of a deep fascia tissue layer superficial to a nerve of a patient. Electrical stimulation energy is delivered to the nerve through the deep fascia tissue layer via implantable medical device electrodes.

Minimally invasive implantable neurostimulation system

In some examples, a system may include a plurality of electrodes, electrical stimulation circuitry, and a controller. The controller may be configured to select one or more parameters of therapy to be delivered to a brain of a patient and to control the electrical stimulation circuitry to deliver the therapy to the brain of the patient based on the selected parameters and via a first one or more electrodes of the plurality of electrodes. The parameters may be defined based on a first plurality of electrical signals sensed at a plurality of different positions within the brain of the patient when electrical stimulation is not delivered at each of the positions and a second plurality of electrical signals sensed at each of the plurality of different positions within the brain of the patient in response to electrical stimulation delivered at each of the positions at a plurality of different intensities.

Medical therapy target definition

A medical device system for delivering a neuromodulation therapy includes a delivery tool for deploying an implantable medical device at a neuromodulation therapy site. The implantable medical device includes a housing, an electronic circuit within the housing, and an electrical lead comprising a lead body extending between a proximal end coupled to the housing and a distal end extending away from the housing and at least one electrode carried by the lead body. The delivery tool includes a first cavity for receiving the housing and a second cavity for receiving the lead. The first cavity and the second cavity are in direct communication for receiving and deploying the housing and the lead coupled to the housing concomitantly as a single unit.

Methods for detecting catheter movement

In some examples, a processor of a system evaluates a therapy program based on a score determined based on a volume of tissue expected to be activated ('VTA') by therapy delivery according to the therapy program. The score may be determined using a three-dimensional (3D) grid comprising a plurality of voxels that are each assigned a value. The processor may register the VTA with the 3D grid and determine the score for the therapy program based on the values assigned to voxels with which the VTA overlaps. One or more therapy programs for electrical stimulation therapy (e.g., deep brain stimulation) may be selected based on the scores determined based on the 3D grid.

Therapy program selection for electrical stimulation therapy based on a volume of tissue activation

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Fridley, MN, United States of America

Gabriela C Molnar