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US 11,896,819 B2Granted
Spinal cord stimulation systems, methods, and devices
AssigneeNeuroOne Medical Technologies Corporation
InventorsDave Rosa, Thomas Bachinski, Doug Weber, Vanessa Tolosa, Derek Johnson
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Abstract
Disclosed herein are various spinal cord stimulation devices with thin film components, including a device having a flexible section disposed along a length of the elongate lead body of the device. Other stimulation devices have a flexible section disposed within the electrode body of the device. Further devices include both a flexible section disposed within the elongate lead body and a flexible section disposed within the electrode body of the device.
Claims17
A spinal cord stimulation device comprising:
- (a) an elongate thin film lead body comprising a flexible section disposed along a portion of the elongate thin film lead body, wherein the flexible section comprises an expandable mesh, the expandable mesh configured to move between:
- (i) a retracted configuration in which a proximal end and a distal end of the lead body are disposed at a first distance from each other;
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- (ii) an extended configuration in which the proximal end and the distal end of the lead body are disposed at a second distance from each other, wherein the second distance is greater than the first distance;
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- (b) a thin film electrode body coupled to the distal end of the elongate thin film lead body.
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A spinal cord stimulation device comprising:
- (a) an elongate lead body positionable through an elongate tube, the elongate lead body having a proximal end and a distal end;
- (b) an electrode body disposed at the distal end of the elongate lead body;
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- (c) a flexible section disposed along a length of the elongate lead body and moveable between a retracted configuration and an extended configuration, the elongate lead body having a shorter length when the flexible section is in the retracted configuration than when the flexible section is in the extended configuration, wherein the flexible section comprises an expandable mesh comprising a plurality of openings defined therein,
- wherein the elongate lead body is a thin film component.
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A spinal cord stimulation device comprising:
- (a) an elongate lead body having a proximal end and a distal end;
- (b) a substantially flat electrode body disposed at the distal end of the elongate lead body;
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- (c) a first flexible section disposed within the substantially flat electrode body, the first flexible section comprising an expandable mesh configured to move between:
- (i) an axially retracted configuration;
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- (ii) an axially extended configuration;
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- (d) a second flexible section disposed along a length of the elongate lead body,
- wherein the elongate lead body and the substantially flat electrode body are thin film components, and
- wherein the second flexible section is configured to absorb movement of the spinal cord stimulation device to maintain positioning of the substantially flat electrode body.
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A spinal cord stimulation device comprising:
- (a) an elongate lead body having a proximal end and a distal end;
- (b) a deployable electrode array disposed at the distal end of the elongate lead body, the deployable electrode array comprising:
- (i) a deployable electrode array body;
- (ii) a plurality of electrode contacts disposed on the deployable electrode array body;
- (iii) a delivery configuration in which the deployable electrode array body has a reduced profile;
- (iv) a deployed configuration in which the deployable electrode array body has an expanded, flat profile;
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- (v) a deployment spine associated with and extending along a length of the deployable electrode array body, the deployment spine comprising a shape memory material and having at least one wing extending outwardly from each side of the deployment spine, wherein the deployment spine is configured to urge the deployable electrode array body into the deployed configuration,
- wherein the elongate lead body and the deployable electrode array are thin film components.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.