US 12,070,610 B2
Low profile head-located neurostimulator
Kenneth Lyle Reed, Dallas, TX (US); Robert Raymond Bulger, Dallas, TX (US); Paul Griffith, Brooklyn Park, MN (US); Bob Ozawa, Woodland Hills, CA (US); and Navin Bunyan, Valencia, CA (US)
Assigned to Shiratronics, Inc., Brooklyn Park, MN (US)
Filed by Shiratronics, Inc., Brooklyn Park, MN (US)
Filed on Feb. 14, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/109,398.
Application 18/109,398 is a continuation of application No. 17/190,544, filed on Mar. 3, 2021, granted, now 11,623,100.
Application 17/190,544 is a continuation of application No. 16/198,216, filed on Nov. 21, 2018, granted, now 10,960,215.
Application 16/198,216 is a continuation in part of application No. 15/599,206, filed on May 18, 2017, granted, now 10,258,805.
Application 15/599,206 is a continuation in part of application No. 14/879,943, filed on Oct. 9, 2015, granted, now 9,884,190.
Application 14/879,943 is a continuation in part of application No. 14/717,912, filed on May 20, 2015, granted, now 9,974,968.
Application 14/717,912 is a continuation of application No. 14/460,139, filed on Aug. 14, 2014, granted, now 9,042,991.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/589,380, filed on Nov. 21, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/894,795, filed on Oct. 23, 2013.
Prior Publication US 2023/0191136 A1, Jun. 22, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61N 1/375 (2006.01); A61N 1/05 (2006.01); A61N 1/36 (2006.01); A61N 1/372 (2006.01); A61N 1/378 (2006.01)
CPC A61N 1/375 (2013.01) [A61N 1/0504 (2013.01); A61N 1/0526 (2013.01); A61N 1/0529 (2013.01); A61N 1/0551 (2013.01); A61N 1/36075 (2013.01); A61N 1/37211 (2013.01); A61N 1/37229 (2013.01); A61N 1/3787 (2013.01); A61N 1/37247 (2013.01); A61N 1/37514 (2017.08); A61N 1/3758 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An implantable neurostimulator for subcutaneous implantation in a head of a patient, wherein the head has a first side and a second side, the first side is one of a left side or a right side of the head, the second side is the other one of the left side or the right side of the head, the head includes four nerve region targets, and the four nerve region targets include a first-side supraorbital nerve region, a second-side supraorbital nerve region, a first-side occipital nerve region and a second-side occipital nerve region, the implantable neurostimulator including:
a body configured to be subcutaneously implanted in the head on the first side;
neurostimulation circuitry, housed within the body, configured to generate neurostimulation signals;
a first lead electrically connected to the neurostimulation circuitry within the body, the first lead including a proximal set of electrodes and a distal set of electrodes, the first lead being configured to subcutaneously extend from the body to position the proximal set of electrodes proximate to a first one of the four nerve region targets and position the distal set of electrodes proximate to a second one of the four nerve region targets, wherein the neurostimulation circuitry and the first lead are configured to deliver neurostimulation to the first and second ones of the four nerve region targets; and
a second lead electrically connected to the neurostimulation circuitry within the body, the second lead including a proximal set of electrodes and a distal set of electrodes, the second lead being configured to subcutaneously extend from the body to position the proximal set of electrode proximate to a third one of the four nerve region targets and position the distal set of electrodes proximate to a fourth one of the four nerve region targets, wherein the neurostimulation circuitry and the second lead are configured to deliver neurostimulation to the third and fourth ones of the four nerve region targets.