US 11,771,918 B2
Optical stimulation system with on-demand monitoring and methods of making and using
Dennis Allen Vansickle, Lancaster, CA (US); Adam Thomas Featherstone, Meridian, ID (US); John Rivera, Oxnard, CA (US); Claude Chabrol, Poisat (FR); Sarah Renault, Corenc (FR); Adrien Poizat, Voiron (FR); and Michael A. Moffitt, Solon, OH (US)
Assigned to BOSTON SCIENTIFIC NEUROMODULATION CORPORATION, Valencia, CA (US); and COMMISSARIAT À L'ÉNERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ÉNERGIES ALTERNATIVES (“CEA”), Paris (FR)
Filed by Boston Scientific Neuromodulation Corporation, Valencia, CA (US); and COMMISSARIAT À L'ÉNERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ÉNERGIES ALTERNATIVES (“CEA”), Paris (FR)
Filed on Oct. 12, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/964,721.
Application 17/964,721 is a continuation of application No. 17/040,254, granted, now 11,524,174, previously published as PCT/US2019/022938, filed on Mar. 19, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/647,555, filed on Mar. 23, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0031730 A1, Feb. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. A61N 5/06 (2006.01)
CPC A61N 5/0622 (2013.01) [A61N 5/0601 (2013.01); A61N 2005/063 (2013.01); A61N 2005/0628 (2013.01); A61N 2005/0659 (2013.01); A61N 2005/0661 (2013.01); A61N 2005/0663 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An optical stimulation system, comprising:
a light source configured to produce light for optical stimulation;
a light monitor;
an optical lead coupled, or coupleable, to the light source and the light monitor; and
a control module coupled, or coupleable, to the light source and the light monitor, wherein the light source, light monitor, optical lead, and control module are implantable, the control module comprising
a memory, and
a processor coupled to the memory and configured for
performing a verification or measurement of a light output value;
in response to the performing, receiving, from the light monitor, a measurement of light generated by the light source, wherein the light monitor is configured to measure the light output value directly from the light source; and
when the measurement deviates from an expected light output value by more than a threshold amount, receiving, from the light monitor, a second measurement of light generated by the light source to confirm the deviation when the second measurement also deviates from the expected light output value by more than the threshold amount;
when the deviation is confirmed, performing at least one of the following:
sending a warning; or
taking a corrective action.