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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2017

Filed:

Jul. 02, 2014
Applicant:

Greatbatch Ltd., Clarence, NY (US);

Inventors:

Kerry Bradley, Glendale, CA (US);

Leslie Halberg, Valencia, CA (US);

Assignee:

Greatbatch, LTD., Clarence, NY (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/36 (2006.01); A61N 1/05 (2006.01); A61B 5/06 (2006.01); A61B 8/08 (2006.01); A61N 1/372 (2006.01); A61N 1/378 (2006.01); A61N 1/375 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/0551 (2013.01); A61B 5/064 (2013.01); A61B 8/0841 (2013.01); A61N 1/05 (2013.01); A61N 1/0553 (2013.01); A61N 1/36017 (2013.01); A61N 1/36021 (2013.01); A61N 1/36071 (2013.01); A61N 1/36125 (2013.01); A61N 1/36139 (2013.01); A61N 1/36146 (2013.01); A61N 1/36153 (2013.01); A61N 1/3752 (2013.01); A61N 1/3787 (2013.01); A61N 1/37223 (2013.01); A61N 1/37235 (2013.01); A61N 1/37252 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method of identifying a location for applying a stimulation therapy to treat a patient includes stimulating a first body region of the patient transcutaneously via a stimulus generator. The body region contains a first portion of a nerve that has an elongate shape. In response to the stimulating, action potentials received from a second portion of the nerve are monitored over a period of time. The second portion of the nerve is in a second body region of the patient that is located remotely from the first body region. Based on the monitoring, an optimized location of the second portion of the nerve is determined for applying the stimulation therapy to treat the first body region.


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