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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2007
Joseph J. Mrva, Euclid, OH (US);
Robert B. Strother, Willoughby Hills, OH (US);
Geoffrey B. Thrope, Shaker Heights, OH (US);
Julie H. 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 H. Grill, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Maria E. Bennett, Lyndhurst, OH (US);
Medtronic Uninary Solutions, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
A stimulation electrode assembly comprises 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.