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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 04, 2022
Filed:
Apr. 15, 2016
Applicant:
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Inventors:
Xin Su, Plymouth, MN (US);
Dwight E. Nelson, Shoreview, MN (US);
Jason E. Agran, Brooklyn Park, MN (US);
Assignee:
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/12 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01); A61B 18/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/1233 (2013.01); A61B 18/1492 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00434 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00517 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00577 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00791 (2013.01);
Abstract
In some examples, the disclosure describes devices, systems, and techniques for treating pain and/or pelvic floor dysfunction of a patient. For example, a method for treating pelvic floor dysfunction in a patient may include delivering, via a medical device, a therapy to one or more nerve fibers, wherein the therapy is configured to at least temporarily deactivate the one or more nerve fibers; and determining that the one or more nerve fibers was at least temporarily deactivated by delivering the therapy.