US 12,239,838 B2
Apparatus and methods for assisted breathing by transvascular nerve stimulation
Viral Thakkar, Burnaby (CA); Joaquin Andres Hoffer, Anmore (CA); Bao Dung Tran, Vancouver (CA); Douglas G. Evans, Downingtown, PA (US); and John Nash, Chester Spring, PA (US)
Assigned to Lungpacer Medical Inc., Vancouver (CA)
Filed by Lungpacer Medical Inc., Vancouver (CA)
Filed on Jun. 7, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/330,698.
Application 18/330,698 is a continuation of application No. 17/070,100, filed on Oct. 14, 2020, granted, now 11,707,619.
Application 17/070,100 is a continuation of application No. 16/023,259, filed on Jun. 29, 2018, abandoned.
Application 16/023,259 is a continuation of application No. 15/273,196, filed on Sep. 22, 2016, granted, now 10,035,017, issued on Jul. 31, 2018.
Application 15/273,196 is a continuation of application No. 14/969,266, filed on Dec. 15, 2015, granted, now 9,545,511, issued on Jan. 17, 2017.
Application 14/969,266 is a continuation of application No. 14/550,485, filed on Nov. 21, 2014, granted, now 9,242,088, issued on Jan. 26, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/907,993, filed on Nov. 22, 2013.
Prior Publication US 2023/0310851 A1, Oct. 5, 2023
Int. Cl. A61N 1/36 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/0245 (2006.01); A61B 5/287 (2021.01); A61M 25/00 (2006.01); A61M 25/01 (2006.01); A61N 1/05 (2006.01)
CPC A61N 1/3601 (2013.01) [A61B 5/0245 (2013.01); A61B 5/287 (2021.01); A61B 5/6852 (2013.01); A61M 25/00 (2013.01); A61M 25/0029 (2013.01); A61M 25/0147 (2013.01); A61N 1/05 (2013.01); A61N 1/0551 (2013.01); A61N 1/36 (2013.01); A61N 1/3611 (2013.01); A61N 1/36182 (2013.01); A61N 1/36185 (2013.01); A61B 2562/043 (2013.01); A61M 2025/0034 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A catheter, comprising:
a body defining at least one longitudinal lumen therein;
a plurality of electrodes positioned radially outward of the at least one lumen;
a flexible member including a plurality of leads separated by insulating material;
an aperture corresponding to at least one first electrode of the plurality of electrodes; and
a connection disposed in the aperture;
wherein a lead of the plurality of leads is electrically connected to the at least one first electrode of the plurality of electrodes through only the connection; and
activation of at least two second electrodes of the plurality of electrodes generates an electrical field extending radially outward from only a portion of a circumference of the catheter.