US 12,011,597 B2
Nerve cuff electrode for neuromodulation in large human nerve trunks
Zi-Ping Fang, Beachwood, OH (US); and Nemath Syed Shah, Lyndhurst, OH (US)
Assigned to Neuros Medical, Inc., Aliso Viejo, CA (US)
Filed by Neuros Medical, Inc., Aliso Viejo, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 27, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/850,843.
Application 17/850,843 is a continuation of application No. 17/009,541, filed on Sep. 1, 2020, granted, now 11,413,458.
Application 17/009,541 is a continuation in part of application No. 15/510,824, granted, now 10,758,723, issued on Sep. 1, 2020, previously published as PCT/US2014/055374, filed on Sep. 12, 2014.
Application 15/510,824 is a continuation in part of application No. 14/276,200, filed on May 13, 2014, granted, now 8,983,612, issued on Mar. 17, 2015.
Application 14/276,200 is a continuation of application No. 13/474,926, filed on May 18, 2012, granted, now 8,731,676, issued on May 20, 2014.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/487,877, filed on May 19, 2011.
Prior Publication US 2022/0339446 A1, Oct. 27, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61N 1/36 (2006.01); A61N 1/05 (2006.01)
CPC A61N 1/36071 (2013.01) [A61N 1/0551 (2013.01); A61N 1/36021 (2013.01); A61N 1/3616 (2013.01); A61N 1/36171 (2013.01); A61N 1/0556 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A method for reversibly blocking an action potential in a sensory nerve of a patient, the method comprising:
attaching a nerve cuff electrode to a nerve trunk, where an inner surface of a plurality of conductive contact segments of the nerve cuff electrode contacts the nerve trunk, and an outer surface of the plurality of conductive contact segments do not contact the nerve trunk, wherein at least a single wire of a conductive biocompatible material is operatively connecting the plurality of conductive contact segments thus forming a segmented strip; and
securing a tie to hold the nerve cuff electrode over the nerve trunk, wherein the tie engages with a plurality of tie securements on an outer surface of the nerve cuff electrode, and wherein the tie allows the nerve cuff electrode to expand over the nerve trunk.