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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 2023
Filed:
Aug. 06, 2021
Applicant:
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Inventors:
Xin Su, Plymouth, MN (US);
David A. Dinsmoor, North Oaks, MN (US);
Assignee:
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/36 (2006.01); A61N 1/05 (2006.01); A61B 5/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/36007 (2013.01); A61N 1/36139 (2013.01); A61N 1/36175 (2013.01); A61B 5/202 (2013.01); A61N 1/0514 (2013.01); A61N 1/0553 (2013.01); A61N 1/3606 (2013.01); A61N 1/36031 (2017.08); A61N 1/36171 (2013.01);
Abstract
In some examples, a method including determining a chronaxie of evoked threshold motor responses from electrical stimulation delivered to a sacral nerve of a patient; and delivering, based on the determined chronaxie, electrical stimulation therapy, configured to treat a patient condition, to the sacral nerve having a pulse width at or near the identified chronaxie, wherein the delivered electrical stimulation is configured to inhibit contraction of at least one a bladder or bowel of the patient.