US 11,684,774 B2
Electrical stimulator for treatment of back pain and methods of use
Peter Andrew Crosby, Blaine, MN (US); Dan Sachs, Minneapolis, MN (US); Prashant Brijmohansingh Rawat, Blaine, MN (US); Jason Alan Shiroff, Edina, MN (US); and Johannes Petrus Heemels, Keerbergen (BE)
Assigned to Mainstay Medical Limited, Dublin (IE)
Filed by Mainstay Medical Limited, Dublin (IE)
Filed on Jul. 15, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/812,981.
Application 17/812,981 is a continuation of application No. 17/173,121, filed on Feb. 10, 2021.
Application 17/173,121 is a continuation of application No. 16/817,574, filed on Mar. 12, 2020, granted, now 10,926,083, issued on Feb. 23, 2021.
Application 16/817,574 is a continuation of application No. 15/853,543, filed on Dec. 22, 2017, granted, now 10,661,078, issued on May 26, 2020.
Application 15/853,543 is a continuation of application No. 14/849,478, filed on Sep. 9, 2015, granted, now 9,861,811, issued on Jan. 9, 2018.
Application 17/173,121 is a continuation in part of application No. 13/045,435, filed on Mar. 10, 2011, granted, now 10,925,637, issued on Feb. 23, 2021.
Application 14/849,478 is a continuation of application No. 13/045,421, filed on Mar. 10, 2011, granted, now 9,248,278, issued on Feb. 2, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/339,957, filed on Mar. 11, 2010.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/339,943, filed on Mar. 11, 2010.
Prior Publication US 2022/0347465 A1, Nov. 3, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 18/14 (2006.01); A61N 1/05 (2006.01); A61N 1/06 (2006.01); A61N 1/36 (2006.01); A61N 1/372 (2006.01); A61B 34/20 (2016.01)
CPC A61N 1/0551 (2013.01) [A61B 18/1492 (2013.01); A61N 1/06 (2013.01); A61N 1/36071 (2013.01); A61N 1/37211 (2013.01); A61B 2034/2048 (2016.02)] 30 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for treating low back pain, the method comprising:
providing at least one electrode configured to be placed within a lower back of a human such that the at least one electrode is implanted to stimulate nervous tissue associated with a multifidus muscle supporting stability of the human's lumbar spine;
electrically stimulating, via the at least one electrode, efferent nervous tissue associated with the multifidus muscle to cause contraction of the multifidus muscle to facilitate rehabilitation; and
electrically stimulating, via the at least one electrode, afferent nervous tissue associated with the multifidus muscle to reduce pain signals,
thereby reducing the human's low back pain.