US 11,964,150 B2
Batteryless implantable microstimulators
Ralph J. Zitnik, Santa Barbara, CA (US); Michael A. Faltys, Valencia, CA (US); Jacob A. Levine, West Hempstead, NY (US); and Jesse M. Simon, Los Angeles, CA (US)
Assigned to SetPoint Medical Corporation, Valencia, CA (US)
Filed by SetPoint Medical Corporation, Valencia, CA (US)
Filed on Jul. 27, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/875,327.
Application 17/875,327 is a continuation of application No. 16/356,906, filed on Mar. 18, 2019, granted, now 11,471,681.
Application 16/356,906 is a continuation in part of application No. 15/411,936, filed on Jan. 20, 2017, granted, now 10,314,501, issued on Jun. 11, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/286,945, filed on Jan. 25, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/286,943, filed on Jan. 25, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/286,940, filed on Jan. 25, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/281,029, filed on Jan. 20, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2022/0362555 A1, Nov. 17, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61N 1/36 (2006.01); A61N 1/372 (2006.01); A61N 1/375 (2006.01); A61B 5/24 (2021.01); A61N 1/378 (2006.01)
CPC A61N 1/36053 (2013.01) [A61N 1/37205 (2013.01); A61N 1/3756 (2013.01); A61B 5/24 (2021.01); A61N 1/36167 (2013.01); A61N 1/37518 (2017.08); A61N 1/378 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A batteryless and leadless microregulator for nerve stimulation, the microregulator comprising:
a wireless power receiver configured to receive a power signal;
at least one pair of electrodes configured to deliver electrical stimulation to a nerve using the power signal received by the wireless power receiver;
a microprocessor powered by the power signal received by the wireless power receiver, wherein the microprocessor is configured to apply energy to the at least one pair of electrodes only when the power signal is being received by the wireless power receiver; and
a cuff configured to secure the at least one pair of electrodes against the nerve, the cuff further comprising a plurality of conduction windows arranged to expose at least a portion of the at least one pair of electrodes for delivery of electrical stimulation to the nerve.