US 12,465,763 B2
Devices and methods for adjusting and tracking respiration-stimulating electrodes
Angus McLachlan, Louisville, KY (US); Guillermo Cohen, Crestwood, KY (US); and Michael Herda, Boxford, MA (US)
Assigned to Liberate Medical, LLC, Crestwood, KY (US)
Appl. No. 17/763,796
Filed by Liberate Medical, LLC, Crestwood, KY (US)
PCT Filed Sep. 25, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/052655
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 25, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/062109, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 1, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/907,150, filed on Sep. 27, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0362550 A1, Nov. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. A61N 1/36 (2006.01); A61N 1/02 (2006.01); A61N 1/04 (2006.01); A61N 1/378 (2006.01)
CPC A61N 1/3601 (2013.01) [A61N 1/025 (2013.01); A61N 1/0452 (2013.01); A61N 1/0456 (2013.01); A61N 1/0476 (2013.01); A61N 1/0496 (2013.01); A61N 1/36034 (2017.08); A61N 1/378 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electrode for stimulating a neuromuscular response comprising:
a backing layer, an electrode layer, and a hydrogel layer; and
an electrode cable configured to provide an electrical signal to the electrode;
wherein:
the electrode is divided into a first removable portion including a first removable activation area, a second removable portion including a second removable activation area, and a main body including a main activation area,
the first removable portion is configured to separate from the second removable portion and the main body by a first perforation,
the second removable portion is configured to separate from the main body by a second perforation,
the electrode layer comprises a border of nonzero width that:
completely separates an activation area from an edge of the electrode;
completely separates the first removable activation area from the second removable activation area and the main activation area; and
completely separates the second removable activation area from the main activation area, and
of the main activation area, the first removable activation area, and the second removable activation area, only the main activation area is directly connected to a cable.