Medtronic, Inc.

John E Kast

Carl D Wahlstrand

Keith Alan Miesel

Randy S Roles

Erik R Scott

Xuan K Wei

Phillip C Falkner

Andrew J Ries

Brad Conrad Tischendorf

Eric H Bonde

Chris J Paidosh

Bernard Q Li

Reginald D Robinson

Charles Edward Peters

Todd V Smith

Craig L Schmidt

Christian S Nielsen

Gabriela C Molnar

Gordon Orvis Munns

Thomas P Miltich

Joseph J Viavattine

Timothy J Denison

Richard T Stone

Mark J Conroy

Michael Jay Ebert

David A Dinsmoor

Duane L Bourget

Joel A Anderson

Jeffrey J Clayton

David P Olson

Darren A Janzig

James A Alexander

Venkat R Gaddam

Michael J Baade

Oscar Jimenez

Mark E Schommer

James Grant Skakoon

William C Phillips

Mark S Lent

Andrew Jason Thom

William John Taylor

James M Olsen

Nathan Andrew Torgerson

Thomas I Miller

Dale F Seeley

Thomas C Bischoff

Timothy J Davis

Anthony M Chasensky

Prabhakar A Tamirisa

Markus W Reiterer

Shawn C Kelley

Steve T Deininger

Forrest C M Pape

Stephen J Roddy

Todd A Kallmyer

James E Riekels

Linda M Johnson-Morke

Gerald G Lindner

Lynn M Seifried

Lisa M Johanek

William D Wolf

Guillermo Echarri

Raymond F McMullen

Kevin J Kelly

James Zimmerman

Todd P Goblish

William Witt

Christopher J Paidosh

Eric H Zacharias

Glenna L Case

Craig S Pilarski

John J Grevious

Robert L Olson

Scott J Robinson

Mary L Boatwright

David B Engmark

Nicholas R Whitehead

Leroy L Perz

Mary A Fraley

Louis P Vera-Portocarrero

Don A Rutledge

Jean-Francois Fischer

Bruce D Fishbeck

Kelly Grimes

Jay T Eisch

Connor T Gunsbury

Thipphaphone Lougiu

Matthew C Lukasek

Lonnie B Gades

Jim Olsen

Markus W Réitérer

Mary L Boatright

James A Zimmerman

Mary Boatwright

Craig Pilarski

Carl Wahstrand

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

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.

An implantable medical device (IMD) has a housing enclosing an electronic circuit. The housing includes a first housing portion, a second housing portion and a joint coupling the first housing portion to the second housing portion. A polymer seal is positioned in the joint in various embodiments. Other embodiments of an IMD housing are disclosed.

An implantable medical device (IMD) has a housing enclosing an electronic circuit. The housing includes a shield member defining a first portion of an interior cavity of the implantable medical device and a skirted feedthrough assembly. The feedthrough assembly includes a shield extender having a top face and a sidewall that extends from the top face so that the top face and the sidewall are a single continuous component. At least one feedthrough aperture extends through the top face.

Modular shield extender

In some examples, an implantable medical device includes an implantable housing, a neurostimulator within the housing, a plurality of electrodes, an implantable lead coupled to the housing, and an actuator formed with the housing. The implantable lead includes at least one electrode of the plurality of electrodes and one or more conductors coupling the at least one electrode to the neurostimulator. The actuator is configured to cause at least a portion of the implantable lead to deflect.

Implantable electrical stimulator with deflecting tip lead

An implantable medical device (IMD) includes a housing that is configured to enclose internal components including at least a processor and a power source. The housing defines two major surfaces that are generally parallel to each other and one or more channels that are each configured to receive a lead and electrically couple the respective lead to the internal components, where each of the channels extend substantially straight in to the housing along an axis generally parallel to the two major surfaces. The housing may be configured to be mounted to a cranium of a patient such that at least one of the two major surfaces approximates a curvature of the cranium. The IMD may include one or more funneling walls that define a rounded and smooth transition from a sidewall of the housing to a surface that defines one or more mouths to the channels.

Implantable medical device structures

Devices, systems, and techniques for managing heat generated in coils for wireless energy transmission are disclosed. Inductive coupling between two coils may be used to recharge the power source of an implantable medical device. A phase change material may be thermally coupled to a flexible coil to absorb heat generated during the inductive coupling and reduce temperature increases of the flexible coil. The flexible coil may be configured to at least one of transmit energy to or receive energy from a second coil, and the phase change material may be configured to deform with the flexible coil and absorb heat from the flexible coil. The phase change material may be contained within thermally conductive tubes or channels configured in shapes that promote flexibility of the flexible coil.

Heat management for recharge coils for implantable medical devices

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Hugo, MN, United States of America

John E Kast