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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2022
Filed:
Feb. 13, 2020
University of Iowa Research Foundation, Iowa City, IA (US);
University of Virginia Patent Foundation, Charlottesville, VA (US);
Matthew A. Howard, Iowa City, IA (US);
Timothy Brennan, Iowa City, IA (US);
Brian Dalm, Coralville, IA (US);
Marcel Utz, Charlottesville, VA (US);
George T. Gillies, Charlottesville, VA (US);
Steven Scott, Excelsior, MN (US);
Randall S. Nelson, Pine Springs, MN (US);
Robert Shurig, Saint Paul, MN (US);
UNIVERSITY OF IOWA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, Iowa City, IA (US);
University of Virginia Patent Foundation, Charlottesville, VA (US);
Abstract
This invention provides an device for electrical stimulation of the spinal cord. The device has an electrode assembly with a sufficiently thin profile to be implanted between the pial surface of the spinal cord and the dura mater, and secured to the dura. Electrodes on the electrode assembly are directed towards the surface of the spinal cord, and connected through the dura to a signal generator located outside the dura. Following implantation, the subject is treated by transmitting electrical signals from the signal generator through the leads to the electrodes, stimulating the subject's spinal cord.