US 12,364,861 B2
System for electrical stimulation of nerves
Torsten Fjeldgaard Hvalsøe, Aalborg (DK); Dianna Marsk Knudsen, Løgstør (DK); and Jesper Nielsen, Klarup (DK)
Assigned to INNOCON MEDICAL APS, Aalborg (DK)
Appl. No. 17/431,701
Filed by INNOCON MEDICAL APS, Aalborg SV (DK)
PCT Filed Feb. 17, 2020, PCT No. PCT/DK2020/050039
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 17, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/164677, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 20, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2019 00209 (DK), filed on Feb. 17, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0134105 A1, May 5, 2022
Int. Cl. A61N 1/36 (2006.01); A61H 23/02 (2006.01); A61N 1/05 (2006.01)
CPC A61N 1/36017 (2013.01) [A61H 23/02 (2013.01); A61N 1/0502 (2013.01); A61N 1/0558 (2013.01); A61H 2201/0103 (2013.01); A61H 2201/10 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A stimulation media fixation unit for electrical and/or mechanical stimulation of a nerve of a living being configured to be arranged in a channel formed into and out of the skin of the being, the stimulation media fixation unit including:
at least one electrode and/or at least one vibration generator configured to be placed in close proximity of a portion of the nerve of the living being;
a pulse generator configured to provide a sequence of electrical pulses to the at least one electrode or the at least one vibration generator in order to achieve stimulation of the nerve, the at least one electrode being configured to deliver electrical stimulation to the nerve, the at least one vibration generator being configured to deliver mechanical vibrations to the nerve;
a first end and a second end, wherein the first end of the stimulation media fixation unit is configured to protrude out of a first end of the channel and the second end of the stimulation media fixation unit is configured to protrude out of a second end of the channel;
at least one end termination member configured to be dismantled from and reassembled to the stimulation media fixation unit, the at least one end termination member being configured to provide a stop for movement of the stimulation media fixation unit in at least one direction within the channel, wherein the at least one end termination member is adapted to be positioned outside the first and/or second end of the channel and comprises a mechanically interlocking mechanism comprising a geometry that is configured to maintain the stimulation media fixation unit in the channel; and
at least one expanding member and/or at least one adjustable deflectable electrode member adapted to anchor the unit in the channel.