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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 04, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2005
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 E. Bennett, Lyndhurst, OH (US);
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 E. Bennett, Lyndhurst, OH (US);
Medtronic Urinary Solutions, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
Systems provide a stimulation electrode assembly sized and configured for placement in an adipose tissue region to stimulate a nerve in the adipose tissue region comprising an elongated lead sized and configured to be implanted within the adipose tissue region, the lead including at least two electrically conductive portions to apply electrical stimulation to nerve tissue in the adipose tissue region, and at least two expandable anchoring structures deployable from the lead to engage adipose tissue and resist dislodgment and/or migration of the at least two electrically conductive portions within the adipose tissue region.