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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2022
Filed:
Aug. 25, 2021
Mainstay Medical Limited, Dublin, IE;
Dan Sachs, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Prashant Brijmohansing Rawat, Blaine, MN (US);
Peter Andrew Crosby, Blaine, MN (US);
Jason Hannon, Dublin, IE;
Mainstay Medical Limited, Dublin, IE;
Abstract
A method for enhancing muscle function of skeletal muscles in connection with a planned spine surgery intervention in a patient's back is provided. The method includes implanting one or more electrodes in or adjacent to tissue associated with one or more skeletal muscles within a back of a patient, the one or more electrodes in electrical communication with a pulse generator programmed for enhancing muscle function of the one or more skeletal muscles. Electrical stimulation is delivered, according to the programming during a time period associated with the planned spine surgery intervention, from the pulse generator to the tissue associated with the one or more skeletal muscles via the one or more electrodes, thereby improving neuromuscular control system performance of the one or more spine stabilizing muscles in connection with the planned spine surgery intervention to reduce the patient's recovery time associated with the planned spine surgery intervention.