US 11,672,994 B2
Electrical stimulation device with minimally invasive delivery
Thomas F. Neils, Orono, MN (US); Andrew J. Cleland, St. Paul, MN (US); Phillip C. Falkner, Minneapolis, MN (US); Kyle Dahlstrom, Eden Prairie, MN (US); Jonathan C. Sell, Eagan, MN (US); Jerel K. Mueller, St. Paul, MN (US); and Forrest C.M. Pape, New Brighton, MN (US)
Assigned to Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US)
Filed by Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US)
Filed on Apr. 24, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/857,747.
Prior Publication US 2021/0330985 A1, Oct. 28, 2021
Int. Cl. A61N 1/37 (2006.01); A61N 1/375 (2006.01); A61B 17/34 (2006.01); A61N 1/05 (2006.01); A61N 1/36 (2006.01); A61N 1/372 (2006.01); A61N 1/378 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61N 1/3758 (2013.01) [A61B 17/3468 (2013.01); A61N 1/0551 (2013.01); A61N 1/36128 (2013.01); A61N 1/3787 (2013.01); A61N 1/37229 (2013.01); A61N 1/37518 (2017.08); A61B 17/00234 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An implantable medical device comprising:
an implantable housing configured to be fully implanted within a patient, wherein the implantable housing comprises a main portion, a first projection, and a second projection, the first projection and the second projection extending from the main portion in approximately a same direction, wherein a cross-sectional dimension of the main portion is larger than a cross-sectional dimension of the first projection and the second projection, and wherein a length of the first projection and the second projection is shorter than a length of the main portion;
a first electrode carried by the first projection of the housing;
a second electrode carried by the second projection of the housing;
stimulation circuitry disposed within the main portion of the housing, wherein the stimulation circuitry is configured to generate electrical stimulation deliverable via at least one of the first electrode and the second electrode; and
processing circuitry disposed within the main portion of the housing, wherein the processing circuitry is configured to control the stimulation circuitry to generate the electrical stimulation.