Ethicon, Gmbh

Ethicon Endo-surgery, Inc.

Michael William Ammerman

Martin Nohilly

Stephen Wahlgren

Jeffrey Christopher Smith

Rex O Bare

Karin Elise Taylor

Bradley Joseph Sargent

Anthony R DiUbaldi

Rochelle Kleinberg

Andrew J March

Kathryn Kukulka

Glenn H Stahl

Andrea Slater Tomko

A medical patch having a multi-piece bottom liner including a central liner sequentially removable independently of two outer perimeter liners. The multi-piece liner covering two adhesives of different peel force. Removal of the central liner exposes a first temporary/repositionable adhesive. Once properly positioned, the outer perimeter liners are removed to expose a second stronger adhesive. A foam cushioning layer is disposed beneath and extends beyond a footprint of every printed circuit board to prevent skin irritation. The medical patch may be designed specifically for stimulation of the sacral (S3 foramen) spinal nerve without the use of a separate mechanical placement tool or assistance by another.

Transdermal medical patch

A placement device for a medical patch includes an alignment guide having a shaft with a first end having a first anatomical alignment marker and a second end having a second anatomical alignment marker, a swinging gate both pivotally and rotationally coupled with the first end of the shaft for selectively pivoting the gate toward and away from the shaft and rotating the gate between opposite sides of the shaft, whereby the gate has first and second major faces and a first opening extending through the gate between the first and second major faces. The placement device includes a spacer for selectively adjusting spacing between the gate and the first end of the shaft, and a flexible diaphragm having a flexible dome disposed within the first gate opening. At least one magnet is located in the center of the flexible dome for holding the medical patch within the flexible dome.

Placement devices that enable patients to accurately position medical patches at target locations and methods therefor

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San Clemente, CA, United States of America

Michael William Ammerman