Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Apparatus and methods for assisted breathing by transvascular nerve stimulation
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Application No.: US15370864Application Date: 2016-12-06
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Publication No.: US09931504B2Publication Date: 2018-04-03
- Inventor: Viral Thakkar , Joaquin Andres Hoffer , Bao Dung Tran , Douglas G. Evans , John Nash
- Applicant: Simon Fraser University
- Applicant Address: CA Burnaby
- Assignee: Lungpacer Medical, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Lungpacer Medical, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: CA Burnaby
- Agency: Bookoff McAndrews, PLLC
- Main IPC: A61N1/36
- IPC: A61N1/36 ; A61N1/05 ; A61B5/042 ; A61M25/00 ; A61B5/00 ; A61B5/0245 ; A61M25/01

Abstract:
A catheter may include electrodes for transvascular nerve stimulation. The electrodes may be positioned within lumens of the catheter and aligned with apertures in the outer wall of the catheter. The electrodes may produce focused electrical fields for stimulation of one or more nerves. In one embodiment, the catheter may include a set of proximal electrodes and a set of distal electrodes, and the proximal electrodes may stimulate a patient's left phrenic nerve and the distal electrodes may stimulate a patient's right phrenic nerve.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170080223A1 APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR ASSISTED BREATHING BY TRANSVASCULAR NERVE STIMULATION Public/Granted day:2017-03-23
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