ANTENNA ASSEMBLY FOR SUPPLYING POWER TO AN IMPLANTABLE NEURAL STIMULATOR DEVICE

    公开(公告)号:US20250001178A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-01-02

    申请号:US18612930

    申请日:2024-03-21

    Applicant: CURONIX LLC

    Abstract: An antenna assembly includes a metal layer configured to emit linearly polarized electromagnetic energy to a receiving antenna implanted underneath a subject's skin; and a feed port configured to connect the antenna assembly to a signal generator such that the antenna assembly receives an input signal from the signal generator and then transmits the input signal to the receiving dipole antenna, wherein the antenna assembly is less than 200 um in thickness, and wherein the metal layer is operable as a dipole antenna with a reflection ratio of at least 6 dB, the reflection ratio corresponding to a ratio of a transmission power of the antenna assembly in transmitting the input signal and a reflection power seen by the antenna assembly resulting from electromagnetic emission of the input signal.

    IMPLANTABLE LEAD
    2.
    发明公开
    IMPLANTABLE LEAD 审中-公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240216689A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-07-04

    申请号:US18407213

    申请日:2024-01-08

    Applicant: CURONIX LLC

    Abstract: An implantable wireless lead includes an enclosure, the enclosure housing: one or more electrodes configured to apply one or more electrical pulses to a neural tissue; a first antenna configured to: receive, from a second antenna and through electrical radiative coupling, an input signal containing electrical energy, the second antenna being physically separate from the implantable neural stimulator lead; one or more circuits electrically connected to the first antenna, the circuits configured to: create the one or more electrical pulses suitable for stimulation of the neural tissue using the electrical energy contained in the input signal; and supply the one or more electrical pulses to the one or more electrodes, wherein the enclosure is shaped and arranged for delivery into a subject's body through an introducer or a needle.

    Implantable lead
    3.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11872400B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-01-16

    申请号:US17207904

    申请日:2021-03-22

    Applicant: Curonix LLC

    Abstract: An implantable wireless lead includes an enclosure, the enclosure housing: one or more electrodes configured to apply one or more electrical pulses to a neural tissue; a first antenna configured to: receive, from a second antenna and through electrical radiative coupling, an input signal containing electrical energy, the second antenna being physically separate from the implantable neural stimulator lead; one or more circuits electrically connected to the first antenna, the circuits configured to: create the one or more electrical pulses suitable for stimulation of the neural tissue using the electrical energy contained in the input signal; and supply the one or more electrical pulses to the one or more electrodes, wherein the enclosure is shaped and arranged for delivery into a subject's body through an introducer or a needle.

    Stimulation with electrode arrays

    公开(公告)号:US12296178B2

    公开(公告)日:2025-05-13

    申请号:US18393268

    申请日:2023-12-21

    Applicant: CURONIX LLC

    Abstract: A device for implantation in a patient may include an electrode arrays configured to apply at least one electrical pulse to an excitable tissue, the electrode array including at least one electrode; connector contacts, each integrally wired to a particular electrode array, each configured to drive the at least one electrode of the particular electrode array integrally wired thereto with the at least one electrical pulse; a first antenna configured to: receive, from a second antenna and through electrical radiative coupling, an input signal containing electrical energy, the second antenna located outside the patient's body; and one or more circuits electrically connected to the first antenna and the connector contacts, the circuits configured to: create the one or more electrical pulses suitable for stimulation of the excitable tissue by using the electrical energy contained in the input signal; and supply the one or more electrical pulses to the connector contacts.

    EARPIECE ASSEMBLY TO INTERACT WITH IMPLANTABLE NEURAL STIMULATORS

    公开(公告)号:US20240216699A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-07-04

    申请号:US18534311

    申请日:2023-12-08

    Applicant: CURONIX LLC

    CPC classification number: A61N1/37229 A61N1/36075 A61N1/36128 A61N1/3787

    Abstract: An ear-piece assembly includes (i) an antenna portion enclosing a transmitting antenna configured to send one or more input signals containing electrical energy to a passive implantable neural stimulator device such that the passive implantable neural stimulator generates one or more stimulation pulses suitable for stimulating a neural structure in the craniofacial region solely using the electrical energy in the input signals; and (ii) an enclosure coupled to the antenna portion, wherein enclosure is sized and shaped to be mounted on a helix portion of an ear such that, when worn by a patient, weight from the enclosure is distributed over the helix portion of the ear for the enclosure to rest thereon, wherein the enclosure comprises (i) a controller module configured to provide the one or more input signals to the transmitting antenna, and (ii) a battery adapted to provide energy to the ear-piece assembly.

    Antenna assembly for supplying power to an implantable neural stimulator device

    公开(公告)号:US11938321B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-03-26

    申请号:US18090591

    申请日:2022-12-29

    Applicant: Curonix LLC

    CPC classification number: A61N1/36125 A61N1/3605 A61N1/37229 A61N1/3787

    Abstract: An antenna assembly includes a metal layer configured to emit linearly polarized electromagnetic energy to a receiving antenna implanted underneath a subject's skin; and a feed port configured to connect the antenna assembly to a signal generator such that the antenna assembly receives an input signal from the signal generator and then transmits the input signal to the receiving dipole antenna, wherein the antenna assembly is less than 200 um in thickness, and wherein the metal layer is operable as a dipole antenna with a reflection ratio of at least 6 dB, the reflection ratio corresponding to a ratio of a transmission power of the antenna assembly in transmitting the input signal and a reflection power seen by the antenna assembly resulting from electromagnetic emission of the input signal.

    Securing antennas to wearable articles

    公开(公告)号:US11925809B1

    公开(公告)日:2024-03-12

    申请号:US17688881

    申请日:2022-03-07

    Applicant: Curonix LLC

    CPC classification number: A61N1/37229 H01Q1/273 H01Q1/38

    Abstract: A method of securing an antenna assembly to a wearable article includes positioning a template carrying a first antenna at a desired position on the wearable article worn on a body of a patient. The desired position is in proximity to a wireless tissue stimulator implanted within the body. The method further includes marking a location of the desired position of the template against the wearable article, securing a first attachment feature to the wearable article at a mark located at the desired position, and attaching the antenna assembly to the wearable article at the first attachment feature. The antenna assembly includes a second antenna configured to send a signal carrying electrical energy to the wireless tissue stimulator and a housing carrying the second antenna. The housing includes a second attachment feature configured to engage the first attachment feature for positioning the second antenna adjacent the body.

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