Medtronic, Inc.

Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc.

Xuan K Wei

Eric H Bonde

Erik R Scott

John E Kast

Randy S Roles

Phillip C Falkner

Brad Conrad Tischendorf

Anthony M Chasensky

Todd V Smith

Richard T Stone

Craig L Schmidt

Christian S Nielsen

Gordon Orvis Munns

Thomas P Miltich

Bernard Q Li

Chris J Paidosh

Joseph J Viavattine

Reginald D Robinson

Prabhakar A Tamirisa

Timothy J Denison

David A Dinsmoor

Markus W Reiterer

Gabriela C Molnar

Michael Jay Ebert

Shawn C Kelley

Duane L Bourget

Joel A Anderson

Forrest C M Pape

Stephen J Roddy

Gregory F Molnar

Mark S Lent

Sudha B Iyer

Keith Alan Miesel

Yanting Dong

Quan Ni

Dan Li

Scott A Meyer

Dwight E Nelson

Yongxing Zhang

Yunlong Zhang

Xin Su

John LaLonde

Lance Zirpel

Charles Thomas Bombeck

Ryan D Willemsen

Kira Stolen

Jeffrey E Stahmann

Yinghong Yu

Steven M Goetz

Jiang Ding

Yi Zhang

Robert J Sweeney

Joseph M Bocek

Shantha Arcot-Krishnamurthy

Jamu Alford

Ankur Garg

Cheng Zhang

Michael J Stucky

John D Welter

Lothar Krinke

Qian Zhong

Linnea Burman

Nnamdi Njoku

Maren Bean

Markus W Réitérer

Michael John Stucky

In some examples, a technique for delivering electrical stimulation therapy to a patient includes determining, by processing circuitry, one or more cycle settings associated with delivery of the electrical stimulation therapy, determining, by the processing circuitry, a cycle time period associated with each cycle setting, and delivering, by a medical device, electrical stimulation therapy based on the determined cycle settings and the determined cycle time periods. Each cycle setting may define an on-cycle, during which electrical stimulation is delivered, and an off-cycle, during which electrical stimulation is not delivered. The technique further may include delivering electrical stimulation to the patient to provide one or more reminders to the patient, such as a reminder to void or a reminder of the existence of electrical stimulation.

Incontinence therapy

An implantable medical device (IMD) includes a memory configured to store a set of therapy parameters for subsensory electrical stimulation of a patient; and therapy delivery circuitry configured to deliver the subsensory electrical stimulation to at least one of a sacral nerve or tibial nerve based on the stored set of therapy parameters to provide immediate therapeutic effect caused by the ongoing delivery of the subsensory electrical stimulation to address incontinence, wherein a stimulation intensity of the subsensory electrical stimulation is less than 80% of a stimulation intensity at a sensory threshold, and wherein the patient does not perceive delivery of the subsensory electrical stimulation and perceives delivery of stimulation at the sensory threshold.

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 system including a stimulation generator configured to delivery external stimulation to control or alleviate urinary or fecal incontinence. The system may also include sense electrodes configured to sense the presence of wetness. The system may provide closed loop therapy based on the presence of wetness.

External stimulation therapy for dorsal genital nerve stimulation

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.

The disclosure describes example of subsensory electrical stimulation for providing therapy for incontinence. An implantable medical device (IMD) includes a memory configured to store a set of therapy parameters for subsensory electrical stimulation of a patient. The delivery of the subsensory electrical stimulation results in a therapeutic effect for incontinence therapy at a stimulation intensity that is in range of approximately 50% to 80% of a stimulation intensity at a sensory threshold, and the patient does not perceive delivery of the subsensory electrical stimulation and perceives delivery of stimulation at the sensory threshold. The IMD also includes therapy delivery circuitry configured to deliver the subsensory electrical stimulation based on the stored set of therapy parameters, including cycling the delivery of the subsensory electrical stimulation between an on-cycle and an off-cycle.

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.

A system for use in managing a neuromodulation therapy includes an ultrasound transducer array controlled by a control unit to deliver ultrasound waveforms for causing modulation of neural tissue in a patient. The system acquires data indicating a response to the modulation, analyzes the acquired data to determine correlation data between a response to the modulation and an ultrasound control parameter, and reports the correlation data to enable identification of at least one therapy parameter to be used to deliver a neuromodulation therapy to the patient by a therapy delivery system.

Ultrasound diagnostic and therapy management system and associated method

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

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Minnetonka, MN, United States of America

Xuan K Wei