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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 29, 2011
Applicants:
Anthony W. Cowley, Houston, TX (US);
Robert J Chilton, Round Rock, TX (US);
Victor S. Kokx, League City, TX (US);
Jeffrey H. May, Seabrook, TX (US);
Inventors:
Anthony W. Cowley, Houston, TX (US);
Robert J Chilton, Round Rock, TX (US);
Victor S. Kokx, League City, TX (US);
Jeffrey H. May, Seabrook, TX (US);
Assignee:
Cyberonics, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/05 (2006.01); A61N 1/36 (2006.01); A61N 1/378 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/0558 (2013.01); A61N 1/378 (2013.01); A61N 1/0556 (2013.01); A61N 1/36053 (2013.01);
Abstract
A nerve overwrap for an implantable nerve stimulation system includes a flexible sheet of electrically insulative material, having an electrical resistivity of from about 10ohm*m to about 10ohm*m, adapted to wrap substantially around a group of nerve stimulation electrodes.