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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 17, 2018
Veressa Medical, Inc., Columbus, OH (US);
Benjamin A. Tranchina, Powell, OH (US);
Tracy L. Cameron, Toronto, CA;
Jeffrey Richard Held, Columbus, OH (US);
Jeff Weisgarber, Jewett, OH (US);
Michael S. Labbe, Twinsburg, OH (US);
Maekele Gebrekidan, Dublin, OH (US);
Mohsin Zafar, Columbus, OH (US);
Eric Gustin Hassenpflug, Westerville, OH (US);
Alexandru Campean, Strongsville, OH (US);
Robert K. Deckman, San Bruno, CA (US);
Steven E. Wilder, Blacklick, OH (US);
VERESSA MEDICAL, INC., Columbus, OH (US);
Abstract
Methods, devices and systems for improving pelvic floor dysfunction in a patient suffering therefrom by electrically modulating neural tissue in a minimally invasive fashion using an electrical microstimulator are provided. Methods include inserting an electrical microstimulator having a re-deployable fixation member through skin of a patient's leg and advancing the electrical microstimulator through the skin along tissue of a surgical pathway to an area of the patient's leg. A target implant site can be identified that is above deep fascia and below the skin and that is adjacent to a target nerve associated with pelvic floor function. The electrical microstimulator can be anchored to the target implant site via the re-deployable fixation member or re-positioned, if necessary. A therapy electrical signal can be delivered to the target nerve from the target implant site.