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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 20, 2023
Filed:
Oct. 02, 2020
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Robert T. Sandgren, Lindstrom, MN (US);
Elizabeth K. Formosa, Robbinsdale, MN (US);
Kathryn E. Aman, St. Anthony, MN (US);
Steven Deininger, Plymouth, MN (US);
Paul Eichstaedt, Blaine, MN (US);
Randy S. Roles, Elk River, MN (US);
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
A method of replacing a neurostimulator device. The method including explanting a previously implanted neurostimulator device from a site; operably coupling a replacement neurostimulator device to a previously implanted stimulation lead; and implanting a replacement neurostimulator device within the site, the replacement neurostimulator device having a volume of about ten cc's or less, and the previously implanted neurostimulator device having a volume of greater than about ten cc's.