Portable assemblies, systems, and methods for providing functional or therapeutic neurostimulation

US8086318B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• NDI Medical, LLC · US

Inventors

• Robert B. Strother · Willoughby Hills, US
• Geoffrey B. Thrope · Cambridge, US
• Steven M. Galecki · Painesville, US
• Joseph J. Mrva · Euclid, US
• Danny R. Pack · Avon Lake, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 10, 2006
• Grant date: Dec 27, 2011
• Expiry date: Jun 18, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02E60/10
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Neurostimulation assemblies, systems, and methods make possible the providing of short-term therapy or diagnostic testing by providing electrical connections between muscles or nerves inside the body and stimulus generators or recording instruments mounted on the surface of the skin or carried outside the body. Neurostimulation assemblies, systems, and methods may include a carrier and a removable electronics pod, the electronics pod including stimulation generation circuitry, a power input bay to hold a disposable power source, and user interface components. The assemblies, systems, and methods are adapted to provide coordinated neurostimulation to multiple regions of the body.