US 12,226,643 B2
External pulse generator device and affixation device for trial nerve stimulation and methods of use
Prabodh Mathur, Laguna, CA (US); Dennis Schroeder, Irvine, CA (US); and John Woock, Costa Mesa, CA (US)
Assigned to Axonics, Inc., Irvine, CA (US)
Filed by Axonics, Inc., Irvine, CA (US)
Filed on Feb. 8, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/667,453.
Application 17/667,453 is a continuation of application No. 16/513,165, filed on Jul. 16, 2019, granted, now 11,260,236.
Application 16/513,165 is a continuation of application No. 15/431,475, filed on Feb. 13, 2017, granted, now 10,376,704, issued on Aug. 13, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/294,639, filed on Feb. 12, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2022/0233871 A1, Jul. 28, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61N 1/00 (2006.01); A61N 1/05 (2006.01); A61N 1/36 (2006.01); A61N 1/372 (2006.01); A61N 1/375 (2006.01); A61N 1/378 (2006.01)
CPC A61N 1/3787 (2013.01) [A61N 1/0502 (2013.01); A61N 1/0558 (2013.01); A61N 1/36017 (2013.01); A61N 1/37241 (2013.01); A61N 1/375 (2013.01); A61N 1/3603 (2017.08); A61N 1/3752 (2013.01)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An external pulse generator comprising:
an outer housing having at least one port;
a connector receptacle accessed via the at least one port; and
a pulse generator electrically coupled with the connector receptacle and adapted for generating neurostimulation pulses to one or more neurostimulation electrodes,
wherein the connector receptacle is configured to be interchangeably connected to a plurality of different external pulse generator components, the connector receptacle including a plurality of conductors that correspond to a plurality of stimulation channels; and
wherein the plurality of different external pulse generator components includes a paired connection including a ground connector and a proximal connector of an implantable neurostimulation lead having the one or more neurostimulation electrodes on a distal portion thereof.