US 11,717,689 B2
Implants using ultrasonic communication for neural sensing and stimulation
Michel M. Maharbiz, El Cerrito, CA (US); Ryan Neely, El Cerrito, CA (US); Joshua Kay, Oakland, CA (US); and Jose M. Carmena, Alameda, CA (US)
Assigned to Iota Biosciences, Inc., Alameda, CA (US)
Filed by Iota Biosciences, Inc., Alameda, CA (US)
Filed on May 19, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/324,838.
Application 17/324,838 is a division of application No. 16/389,876, filed on Apr. 19, 2019, granted, now 11,033,746.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/660,112, filed on Apr. 19, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0268294 A1, Sep. 2, 2021
Int. Cl. A61N 1/372 (2006.01); A61N 1/36 (2006.01); A61N 1/378 (2006.01); A61N 1/04 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61N 1/37217 (2013.01) [A61N 1/3605 (2013.01); A61N 1/3787 (2013.01); A61N 1/37276 (2013.01); A61N 1/37282 (2013.01); A61B 5/4836 (2013.01); A61N 1/0456 (2013.01)] 35 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An implantable medical device, comprising:
a body comprising an ultrasonic transducer configured to receive ultrasonic waves and convert energy from the ultrasonic waves into an electrical energy that powers the device;
two or more electrodes in electrical communication with the ultrasonic transducer; and
a clip attached to the body that is configured to at least partially surround a nerve and position the two or more electrodes in electrical communication with the nerve, wherein the clip comprises one or more flexible legs and a hook or loop configured to maneuver the one or more flexible legs.