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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2013
Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Allan C. Shuros, St. Paul, MN (US);
Ismail Guler, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Richard Charles Gunderson, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Joel P. Grover, St. Paul, MN (US);
Eric A. Mokelke, White Bear Lake, MN (US);
Adam Grovender, Brooklyn Park, MN (US);
Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
System and methods for adhering a patch of stimulation electrode(s) to blood vessels to stimulate a target site on the blood vessel are described. In one embodiment, the system includes an adhesion patch and at least one electrode. The adhesion patch includes an active adhesion mechanism that may produce an adhesive force sufficiently strong to adhere the adhesion patch to the exterior of the blood vessel and to operationally position the at least one electrode for use in electrically stimulating a target site of the blood vessel. The adhesion patch may also include a release mechanism that is configured for a user to disengage the patch from the exterior of the blood vessel without significant trauma to the blood vessel. After being released, the adhesion patch may be re-adhered to a different target site of the blood vessel and stimulate the different target site.