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Date of Patent:
Mar. 11, 2008

Filed:

Jun. 10, 2005
Applicants:

Joseph J. Mrva, Euclid, OH (US);

Robert B. Strother, Willoughby Hills, OH (US);

Geoffrey B. Thrope, Shaker Heights, OH (US);

Julie Grill, Chapel Hill, NC (US);

Maria Bennett, Lyndhurst, OH (US);

Inventors:

Joseph J. Mrva, Euclid, OH (US);

Robert B. Strother, Willoughby Hills, OH (US);

Geoffrey B. Thrope, Shaker Heights, OH (US);

Julie Grill, Chapel Hill, NC (US);

Maria Bennett, Lyndhurst, OH (US);

Assignee:

NDI Medical, LLC., Cleveland, OH (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Systems and methods provide a stimulation electrode assembly comprising an elongated lead sized and configured to be implanted within an adipose tissue region. The lead includes an electrically conductive portion to apply electrical stimulation to nerve or muscle in the adipose tissue region and at least one expandable anchoring structure deployable from the lead to engage adipose tissue and resist dislodgment and/or migration of the electrically conductive portion within the adipose tissue region.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Mrva, Joseph. (2008). Method for affecting urinary function with electrode implantation in adipose tissue (U.S. Patent No. 7343202). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/7343202

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