US 12,226,632 B2
Method and apparatus for transdermal stimulation over the palmar and plantar surfaces
Amit Rajguru, Lafayette, CA (US); Daniel R. Burnett, San Francisco, CA (US); Alexander Vergara, San Francisco, CA (US); and Michael Hemati, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to EMKinetics, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed by EMKinetics, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed on Feb. 28, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/175,963.
Application 18/175,963 is a continuation of application No. 17/346,084, filed on Jun. 11, 2021, granted, now 11,628,300.
Application 17/346,084 is a continuation of application No. 16/732,706, filed on Jan. 2, 2020, granted, now 11,247,053, issued on Feb. 15, 2022.
Application 16/732,706 is a continuation of application No. 15/474,875, filed on Mar. 30, 2017, granted, now 10,786,669, issued on Sep. 20, 2020.
Application 15/474,875 is a continuation in part of application No. 15/084,356, filed on Mar. 29, 2016, granted, now 9,630,004, issued on Apr. 25, 2017.
Application 15/084,356 is a continuation of application No. 13/840,936, filed on Mar. 15, 2013, granted, now 9,339,641, issued on May 17, 2016.
Application 13/840,936 is a continuation in part of application No. PCT/US2011/052415, filed on Sep. 20, 2011.
Application 15/474,875 is a continuation in part of application No. 12/508,529, filed on Jul. 23, 2009.
Application 12/508,529 is a continuation in part of application No. 11/866,329, filed on Oct. 2, 2007, abandoned.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/350,610, filed on Jun. 15, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/403,680, filed on Sep. 20, 2010.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/848,720, filed on Oct. 2, 2006.
Prior Publication US 2023/0201584 A1, Jun. 29, 2023
Int. Cl. A61N 1/36 (2006.01); A61B 5/388 (2021.01); A61N 1/04 (2006.01); A61N 2/02 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61N 1/05 (2006.01); A61N 1/378 (2006.01); A61N 2/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61N 1/36021 (2013.01) [A61B 5/388 (2021.01); A61N 1/0456 (2013.01); A61N 1/36007 (2013.01); A61N 1/36057 (2013.01); A61N 2/02 (2013.01); A61B 5/4047 (2013.01); A61N 1/0551 (2013.01); A61N 1/36017 (2013.01); A61N 1/3787 (2013.01); A61N 2/004 (2013.01)] 48 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of treating overactive bladder or incontinence, comprising:
non-invasively positioning a first portion of a subject's body near an ankle relative to an electrical stimulator such that a tibial nerve within the first portion of the body is directly targeted by the electrical stimulator;
passing a current through the electrical stimulator;
delivering an electrical stimulus from the electrical stimulator to the tibial nerve such that the tibial nerve directly receives the electrical stimulation to treat overactive bladder or incontinence;
detecting for an electrical conduction in the tibial nerve via a sensor in communication with a controller by detecting for a lack of presence of the electrical conduction at a second portion of the subject's body distant from the first portion as an indicator of electrode migration from the first portion; and
adjusting the electrical stimulus via the controller in response to the electrical conduction detected in the tibial nerve.