Spr Therapeutics, Inc.

Ndi Medical, LLC

Case Western Reserve University

Medtronic, Inc.

Medtronic Urinary Solutions, Inc.

Joseph W Boggs, Ii

Maria E Bennett

John Chae

Robert B Strother, Jr

Matthew G deBock

Devin Sell

Warren M Grill

Amorn Wongsarnpigoon

Meredith J McGee

Kathryn W Stager

Bradley A Lewis

Jonathan L Sakai

Rosemary H Zang

Matthew J Wunzin

Mark R Stultz

Nathan Crosby

Geoffrey B Thrope

Brian Jeffrey Wenzel

Joseph J Mrva

Stuart F Rubin

Kenneth J Gustafson

Kenneth P Rundle

Andreas Inmann

Warren P Grill

Joey Groszek

Isaac R Cassar

Warren M Gill

Meredith Mcgee

Johnathan L Sakai

Matthew Debock

Amom Wongsarnpigoon

Neurostimulation assemblies, systems, and methods make possible the providing of short-term therapy or diagnostic testing by providing electrical connections between muscles and/or nerves inside the body and stimulus generators and/or recording instruments mounted on the surface of the skin or carried outside the body. The assembly affords maximum patient mobility and comfort through differentiated components having minimal profiles and connected by way of detachable and adjustable connections.

Electrical stimulator for peripheral stimulation

Systems and methods of applying electrical stimulation to achieve sustained relief of chronic pain that comprise a coiled wire percutaneous lead configured for insertion into a portion of a body that is proximal to a region of pain and an electrode formed integrally on the coiled wire percutaneous lead, wherein the electrode is configured to be positioned inside the body and at a therapeutically effective distance from a portion of at least one peripheral nerve that innervates the region of pain. The systems and method may also include an electrical stimulation device operatively coupled to the lead to apply electrical stimulation through the at least one electrode to at least one peripheral nerve that innervates the region of pain, to activate target peripheral nerve fibers while preventing activation of non-target peripheral nerve fibers and avoiding changing or blocking neural activity in off-target peripheral nerve fibers in the at least one peripheral nerve to create comfortable sensations in the region of pain and produce pain relief by modulating central nervous system plasticity associated with the pain.

Systems and methods for sustained relief of chronic pain

Embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for the treatment of pain through activation of select neural fibers. The neural fibers may comprise one or more afferent neural fibers and/or one or more efferent neural fibers. If afferent fibers are stimulated, alone or in combination with efferent fibers, a therapeutically effective amount of electrical stimulation is applied to activate afferent pathways in a manner approximating natural afferent activity. The afferent fibers may be associated with primary receptors of muscle spindles, golgi tendon organs, secondary receptors of muscle spindles, joint receptors, touch receptors, and other types of mechanoreceptors and/or proprioceptors. If efferent fibers are stimulated, alone or in combination with afferent fibers, a therapeutically effective amount of electrical stimulation is applied to activate intrafusal and/or extrafusal muscle fibers, which results in an indirect activation of afferent fibers associated therewith.

Systems and methods for the treatment of pain through neural fiber stimulation

Lead placement tool

An introducing device for locating a tissue region and deploying an electrode is shown and described. The introducing device may include an outer sheath. An inner sheath may be disposed within the outer sheath. The inner sheath may be configured to engage an implantable electrode. In an example, the inner sheath may comprise a stimulation probe having an uninsulated portion at or near a distal end of the delivery sheath. A sheath or needle may be coupled to a power source or stimulation signal generating circuitry at a proximal end. A clinician may control application of the stimulation signal to a tissue region via a sheath or needle.

Apparatus and method for positioning, implanting and using a stimulation lead

A system and method of using a lead introduced to a subject proximate to a region of pain is contemplated to deliver pain relief without the need for multiple needle insertions or electrical stimulation. The three-dimensional lead may include spring-like characteristics and/or coils to translate mechanical energy into the therapy.

Method and system of mechanical nerve stimulation for pain relief

Combined adapter and connector for electrical stimulator

Device/system that provides pain relief by delivering stimulation that neither generates action potentials nor completely blocks neural transmission (in the peripheral nerve). The present teachings provide relief by modulating release of neurotransmitters in peripheral nerves to cause neuromodulation at the level of the peripheral nerve (modulation of neural signals in the peripheral nerve). The present teachings provide relief by modulating release of neurotransmitters in peripheral nerves to cause neuromodulation at the level of the peripheral nerve (modulation of neural signals in the peripheral nerve) to alter the frequency of physiologically generated neural transmission.

Devices and methods for delivery of electrical current for pain relief

Embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for the treatment of pain through activation of select neural fibers. The neural fibers may comprise one or more afferent neural fibers and/or one or more efferent neural fibers. If afferent fibers are stimulated, alone or in combination with efferent fibers, a therapeutically effective amount of electrical stimulation is applied to activate afferent pathways in a manner approximating natural afferent activity. The afferent fibers may be associated with primary receptors of muscle spindles, golgi tendon organs, secondary, receptors of muscle spindles, joint receptors, touch receptors, and other types of mechanoreceptors and/or proprioceptors. If efferent fibers are stimulated, alone or in combination with afferent fibers, a therapeutically effective amount of electrical stimulation is applied to activate intrafusal and/or extrafusal muscle fibers, which results in an indirect activation of afferent fibers associated therewith.

Systems and methods make possible the placement of one or more electrode leads in a tissue region for providing functional and/or therapeutic stimulation to tissue. The systems and methods are adapted to provide the relief of pain.

Systems and methods to place one or more leads in tissue for providing functional and/or therapeutic stimulation

It has been discovered that pain felt in a given region of the body can be treated by stimulating a peripheral nerve at a therapeutically effective distance from the region where pain is felt to generate a comfortable sensation (i.e., paresthesia) overlapping the regions of pain. A method has been developed to reduce pain in a painful region following limb joint replacement by stimulating a peripheral nerve innervating the painful region with an electrode inserted into tissue and spaced from the peripheral nerve. This method may be used to help alleviate postoperative pain in patients following total knee arthroplasty surgery or other limb joint replacement surgeries.

System and method for treatment of pain related to limb joint replacement surgery

A connector assembly includes a base and a detachable cover. Ports on separate sidewalls receive an extension cable and a lead. A blade assembly maintains electrical contact between the cable and the lead, while providing a surface to strip insulation and/or sever the lead. Further, the blade is resilient so as to maintain sufficient contact with the lead when the cover is attached and/or locked to the base.

Introducer needle of a lead placement tool

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Chapel Hill, NC, United States of America

Joseph W Boggs, Ii