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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2021
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Steven T. Deininger, Plymouth, MN (US);
Jerel K. Mueller, Saint Paul, MN (US);
Todd V. Smith, Shoreview, MN (US);
Jeffrey Clayton, Zimmerman, MN (US);
Thomas M. Hillebrand, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Phillip C. Falkner, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Jenna N. George, Edina, MN (US);
Sarah J. Offutt, Golden Valley, MN (US);
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
A leadless neurostimulation device having a header unit including at least one primary electrode having a contact surface that defines an external surface of the leadless neurostimulation device, a housing including a secondary electrode positioned on the same side of the leadless neurostimulation device as the at least one primary electrode, and a anchor device including at least one suture point for securing the leadless neurostimulation device to patient tissue or at least one protrusion nub configured to create mechanical resistance that impedes relative movement between wherein the leadless neurostimulation device and the patient tissue when implanted, where the at least one primary electrode and the secondary electrode are configured to transmit an electrical stimulation signal therebetween to provide electrical stimulation therapy to a target nerve of a patient.