US 12,290,682 B2
Stimulator systems and methods for selectively recruiting fascicles in hypoglossal nerve trunk
Boon Khai Ng, La Crescenta, CA (US); and Joseph L. Calderon, Culver City, CA (US)
Assigned to THE ALFRED E. MANN FOUNDATION FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH, Valencia, CA (US)
Filed by THE ALFRED E. MANN FOUNDATION FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH, Valencia, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 5, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/242,254.
Application 18/242,254 is a continuation of application No. 17/190,612, filed on Mar. 3, 2021, granted, now 11,779,759.
Application 17/190,612 is a continuation of application No. 16/118,348, filed on Aug. 30, 2018, granted, now 10,967,178.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/552,266, filed on Aug. 30, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2023/0405318 A1, Dec. 21, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61N 1/36 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61N 1/05 (2006.01); A61N 1/372 (2006.01); A61B 5/394 (2021.01); A61N 1/378 (2006.01)
CPC A61N 1/3601 (2013.01) [A61B 5/4818 (2013.01); A61N 1/0556 (2013.01); A61N 1/36139 (2013.01); A61N 1/37211 (2013.01); A61B 5/394 (2021.01); A61B 5/4836 (2013.01); A61B 2562/0219 (2013.01); A61N 1/3611 (2013.01); A61N 1/3787 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
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1. A method of stimulating a nerve of a patient to treat an ailment, the nerve having a plurality of peripherally located fascicles, the method comprising:
circumferentially disposing a plurality of axially aligned electrode contacts around the nerve, such that each of all available pairs of immediately adjacent ones of the plurality of electrode contacts has a center-to-center circumferential spacing that is equal to or less than twice the circumferential width of an electrode contact of the respective pair of immediately adjacent electrode contacts; and
delivering an electrical pulse train between a combination of immediately adjacent ones of the plurality of electrode contacts, thereby recruiting one or more of the peripherally located fascicles to treat the ailment, while not recruiting any centrally located fascicle of the nerve.