657results about "Implantable neurostimulators" patented technology

The invention relates to the technical field of neural engineering and brain-computer interfaces, in particular to a closed-loop multi-modal nerve stimulation system and method based on time interference, and the system comprises a multi-modal stimulation module which is used for integrating electrical stimulation, magnetic stimulation and optical genetic stimulation, and generating a time interference field domain; the neural state sensing module is used for collecting real-time electroencephalogram signals, blood oxygen concentration and neural metabolite level data; the neural control center is used for fusing neural state data and stimulation parameters, and dynamically adjusting time interference frequency and stimulation intensity through an adaptive algorithm; the time sequence cooperation engine predicts a neural response time phase based on a deep learning model, and optimizes a stimulation time sequence and a mode switching strategy; and the visual interaction platform is used for rendering the nerve activation thermodynamic diagram and the stimulation parameter adjustment curve in real time. Therefore, the problems of adjustment strategy solidification, low adjustment precision, insufficient energy conversion efficiency and the like in the prior art are solved.

A cuff lead arrangement includes a first cuff lead having a first cuff body; first stimulation emitters (for example, electrodes) disposed on an interior surface of the first cuff body; a first lead body coupled to the first cuff body; first conductors electrically coupled to the first stimulation emitters and extending along the first lead body; and at least one first connection element. The cuff lead arrangement further includes a second cuff lead having a second cuff body; second stimulation emitters disposed on an interior surface of the second cuff body; a second lead body coupled to the second cuff body; second conductors electrically coupled to the second stimulation emitters and extending along the second lead body; and at least one second female connection element configured to receive the at least one first male connection element to conjoin the first cuff lead to the second cuff lead.

A medical apparatus for a patient comprises an external system and an implantable system. The external system is configured to transmit one or more transmission signals, each transmission signal comprising at least power or data. The implantable system is configured to receive the one or more transmission signals from the external system, and to deliver stimulation energy to the patient. Methods of delivering stimulation energy are also provided.

An example of a system for delivering neurostimulation may include a programming control circuit and a user interface. The programming control circuit may be configured to generate stimulation parameters controlling delivery of the neurostimulation according to a pulse sequence. The pulse sequence may include a series of neurostimulation pulses and be defined by sequence parameters and one or more modulation functions each modulating an adjustable parameter selected from the sequence parameters. The user interface may be configured to set the pulse sequence to a tonic pulse sequence by determining an initial value for each adjustable parameter and set the pulse sequence to a modulated pulse sequence by selecting one or more adjustable parameters, determining a modulation function for each selected adjustable parameter, and applying the determined modulation function to that selected adjustable parameter to modulate the tonic pulse sequence.

A neurostimulation system that has a programmer which has a power supply and processors with processing circuitry and a neurostimulation device which has power supply, processors and communication circuitry for providing communication with a neurostimulation device as well as communication circuitry for communication with the programmer. The neurostimulation system is configured to deliver treatment to a patient in accordance with a clinician prescribed protocol of a regimen. The neurostimulation system compares a delivered therapy treatment which has a treatment protocol to a defined treatment protocol of a prescribed treatment and adjusts the prescribed treatment stimulation parameters to compensate for a difference between the delivered neurostimulation therapy treatment and the prescribed treatment protocol for closely approximating the prescribed treatment protocol.

An auditory neural interface device for sound perception by an individual that may be used as a hearing aid. The auditory neural interface device includes a receiver configured to receive sound signals, a processor operably connected to the receiver and configured to encode a received sound signal as a multi-channel neurostimulation signal, and a neurostimulation device operably connected to the processor and configured to apply the multi-channel neurostimulation signal to a neurostimulation electrode of the individual. The neurostimulation signal is configured to directly stimulate afferent sensory neurons of the central nervous system of the individual and thereby to elicit, for each channel of the neurostimulation signal, one or more non-auditory, preferably somatosensory, perceptions in a cortex area of the individual. Each channel of the neurostimulation signal is associated with a different non-auditory perception.

Systems, devices, and methods for using vagus nerve stimulation to treat demyelination disorders and / or disorder of the blood brain barrier are described. The vagus nerve stimulation therapy described herein is configured to reduce or prevent demyelination and / or promote remyelination to treat various disorders related to demyelination, such as multiple sclerosis. A low duty cycle stimulation protocol with a relatively short on-time and a relatively long off-time can be used.

The invention belongs to the technical field of medical apparatus and instruments, and particularly provides an eye-brain organ complex visual restoration system based on cooperative training, comprising: an eye-brain organ complex construction module for constructing a functional eye-brain organ complex; the signal processing module is used for collecting and processing an initial nerve spike signal generated by the brain organ; the stimulation signal generation module is used for generating an electrical stimulation signal for simulating the response of the photoreceptor through an adaptive modulation algorithm; the signal decoding and mapping module is used for stimulating a brain organ to generate a new nerve spike signal based on the electrical stimulation signal and decoding the new nerve spike signal into an external equipment control instruction; and the closed-loop feedback control module is used for performing closed-loop feedback control and optimization on the eye and brain organ complex visual restoration system based on cooperative training. According to the invention, the visual information in the biological signal can be correctly identified and utilized.

The invention discloses a real-time collaborative cross-scene visual assistance and environment perception system for visually impaired people based on head-mounted equipment. According to the invention, through fusion of a multi-mode perception technology and a neural feedback mechanism, all-around environmental cognition support is provided for visually impaired people. Key targets such as curbs, steps and traffic signals in a complex scene can be accurately recognized, and a safe navigation scheme is generated in real time in combination with a dynamic path planning and obstacle avoidance algorithm. Through personalized feedback modes such as voice and vibration, the system can adjust the interaction rhythm according to the behavior habit and cognitive state of the user, ensure efficient and natural information transmission, effectively reduce the cognitive load of the user, help the visually impaired people to travel autonomously in different environments, improve the independent living ability, and improve the user experience. Real-time response and calculation efficiency are balanced through a collaborative architecture, so that a high-performance auxiliary function is not limited by heavy hardware equipment any more. The universal design reduces the use threshold, and is helpful for more visually impaired people to enjoy the convenience brought by science and technology.

An electrical stimulation device for modulating a blood-brain barrier (BBB) of a subject includes at least one electrode configured to delivery electrical stimulation to the subject to stimulate a sphenopalatine ganglion (SPG) of the subject, and a control unit in communication with the at least one electrode. The control unit generates a first electrical stimulation signal to the at least one electrode to apply a first electrical stimulation to the subject to stimulate a sphenopalatine ganglion (SPG) of the subject thereby increasing porosity of the BBB from an initial porosity to an increased porosity, and generate, after said first electrical stimulation signal, a second electrical stimulation signal to the at least one electrode to apply a second electrical stimulation to the subject to stimulate the SPG of the subject thereby decreasing porosity of the BBB from the increased porosity to a decreased porosity that is less than the increased porosity.

A method of identifying a patient with obstructive sleep apnea implants a phrenic nerve stimulator in the patient or connects the phrenic nerve stimulator to the diaphragm, and adjusts the stimulation energy applied by the phrenic nerve stimulator to the phrenic nerve of the sleeping patient based on airway occlusion in the airway of the patient.

An electrode that includes an elongate lead body and a nerve cuff. The nerve cuff may include a biologically compatible, elastic, electrically insulative cuff body configured to be circumferentially disposed around a nerve, first and second relatively wide electrically conductive contacts carried by the cuff body that are spaced from one another in the length direction and that extend in the width direction to such an extent that they extend completely around the cuff body inner lumen when the cuff body is in the pre-set furled shape, and a plurality of relatively narrow electrically conductive contacts carried by the cuff body that are spaced from one another in the width direction and are located between the first and second relatively wide electrically conductive contacts.

An electrical stimulation device for modulating a blood-brain barrier (BBB) of a subject includes at least one electrode configured to delivery electrical stimulation to the subject to stimulate a sphenopalatine ganglion (SPG) of the subject, and a control unit in communication with the at least one electrode. The control unit generates a first electrical stimulation signal to the at least one electrode to apply a first electrical stimulation to the subject to stimulate a sphenopalatine ganglion (SPG) of the subject thereby increasing porosity of the BBB from an initial porosity to an increased porosity, and generate, after said first electrical stimulation signal, a second electrical stimulation signal to the at least one electrode to apply a second electrical stimulation to the subject to stimulate the SPG of the subject thereby decreasing porosity of the BBB from the increased porosity to a decreased porosity that is less than the increased porosity.

An electrode lead assembly comprising a nerve cuff straightener and an electrode lead including a nerve cuff, associated with the distal end of the lead body, including a biologically compatible, elastic, electrically insulative cuff body that is configured to be circumferentially disposed around a nerve, has a pre-set furled state that defines an inner lumen and is movable to an unfurled state, and is configured to receive a portion of the nerve cuff straightener, and a plurality of electrically conductive contacts carried by the cuff body. When inserted into the nerve cuff, the portion of the nerve cuff straightener received by the nerve cuff moves the nerve cuff out of the pre-set furled state.

Systems and methods for collecting evoked responses (ERs), and using the same to guide neuromodulation are disclosed. An exemplary system includes an electrostimulator to provide electrostimulation to a neural target, a sensing circuit to sense ERs, and a controller circuit to collect first ERs sensed from a group of sensing electrodes in response to electrostimulation through first one or more stimulating electrodes. The controller circuit performs a quality check of the first ERs, determine or update an ER sampling routine including timings or an order of performing multiple stimulation and ER collection tests, and sequentially execute the multiple stimulation and ER collection tests, and collect second ERs according to the determined or updated ER sampling routine. When the second ERs satisfy an acceptance criterion, a recommendation can be provided to a user to reposition the lead or to set or adjust a stimulation setting.

One aspect of the present disclosure relates to a system that can modulate the intensity of a neural stimulation signal over time. A pulse generator can be configured to generate a stimulation signal for application to neural tissue of an individual and modulate a parameter related to intensity of a pattern of pulses of the stimulation signal over time. An electrode can be coupled to the pulse generator and configured to apply the stimulation signal to the neural tissue. A population of axons in the neural tissue can be recruited with each pulse of the stimulation signal.

The invention discloses a constant-current electrical stimulation system with impedance monitoring and a use method thereof. The system comprises a main control unit, a digital isolator, a voltage-controlled constant current source circuit, a current acquisition circuit, an impedance detection circuit, a main power supply circuit, a power supply isolation module, a secondary power supply circuit, a booster circuit, an interaction host and the like which are connected in order. Safe and reliable pulse electrical stimulation output with adjustable parameters is provided, human tissue impedance and real-time current during stimulation are monitored in real time, an interaction host can display related information, and a user is warned when impedance or current is abnormal, so that accurate and safe electrical stimulation is realized.

Occipital lobe stimulation device comprising normal looking glasses having a frame portion with side portions and lens portions, provided together with a battery-powered plurality of Light-Emitting Diodes (LEDs) fixed around an anterior periphery of the frame portion for emitting photons of light to reflect off of an object in the outside world, and a plurality of photoreceptors dispersed across and retained in the lens portions, the photoreceptors being connected via wires to corresponding inverters in the side portions which are also wire connected to output devices on a strap an enabling connection to corresponding input devices surgically implanted and connected to the user's occipital lobes, for transmitting image information relating to the object to the user's occipital lobes to enable the user's brain to make use of the information.

The invention provides wireless energy supply equipment and a wireless energy supply method of a nerve stimulator. The wireless energy supply device comprises a transmitter used for transmitting energy supply electromagnetic waves to a nerve stimulator and improving the transmitting power of the energy supply electromagnetic waves; the impedance calculation unit is electrically connected with the transmitter; impedance calculation unit for monitoring a reflected impedance corresponding to the nerve stimulator according to an input current and an input voltage of the transmitter, maintaining the transmitter constant at a transmitting power corresponding to an initial impedance abrupt change point when the initial impedance abrupt change point is identified, and starting up the nerve stimulator obtained in advance the voltage is determined as a working voltage estimation value of the nerve stimulator, parameter configuration is executed, a state estimation value of the nerve stimulator is calculated according to a reflection impedance monitoring sequence corresponding to the nerve stimulator in the parameter configuration execution stage, and the transmitting power of the energy supply electromagnetic waves is controlled according to the state estimation value.

A system for application of neurostimulation includes an outer sheath, an elongate inner member in the outer sheath and movable relative to the outer sheath. The inner lumen has a distal end. An expandable member is coupled to the distal end of the inner member and is in the outer sheath. The expandable member is self-expanding upon from a compressed state in the outer sheath to an expanded state out of the outer sheath. The expandable member includes a distal portion including a plurality of wires woven together and a proximal portion including the plurality of wires extending parallel to a longitudinal axis. The system includes a plurality of electrode assemblies outward of the expandable member and circumferentially spaced around the expandable member. Each electrode assembly is coupled to two of the wires extending parallel to the longitudinal axis. Each electrode assembly includes a plurality of longitudinally-spaced electrodes.

A method of providing a channel in nervous tissue filled with an aqueous gel for implantation of a microelectrode or other medical device lacking sufficient physical stability for direct implantation by insertion, comprises providing an apparatus comprising an oblong rigid pin covered by a dry gel forming agent; locating a target in the tissue; defining a straight insertion path a desired tissue insertion point and the target; aligning the pin with its end foremost with the insertion path; inserting the pin into the tissue to a position near or at the target; allowing sufficient time to pass for a gel to be formed around the pin, withdrawing the pin. Also disclosed is a corresponding channel; a method of implantation of a microelectrode or microprobe into nervous tissue via the channel; a corresponding method of implantation of living cells; a corresponding apparatus for forming the channel.

The invention relates to an in-vitro program controller and a control method thereof. The in-vitro program controller comprises a sensor and a processor, and the processor sets the working power of the implantable nerve stimulator, a temperature early warning value and a temperature upper limit value greater than the temperature early warning value according to the stimulation parameters; when the movement of the in-vitro program control instrument is determined at every reference time interval or according to the posture change detected by the sensor, a data reading instruction is sent to the implantable nerve stimulator so as to read the working power and temperature of the implantable nerve stimulator; increasing, decreasing or maintaining the transmitting power according to the comparison between the read working power and the set working power; according to the fact that the read temperature is larger than or equal to the set temperature early warning value and smaller than the set temperature upper limit value, the transmitting power is reduced; and sending a stimulation stop instruction when the read temperature is greater than or equal to a set temperature upper limit value. According to the invention, the working power, temperature and the like of the implantable nerve stimulator can be monitored and adjusted, so that safe treatment of a patient is ensured.

The invention relates to a graphene hydrogel neural microelectrode and a preparation method thereof.The neural microelectrode comprises a long-strip-shaped electrode body, the electrode body comprises an insulating substrate layer, a conductive layer and an insulating covering layer, and the conductive layer is wrapped and sealed by the insulating substrate layer and the insulating covering layer; a contact window is arranged at one end, close to the electrode body, of the insulating covering layer, a conductive expansion layer made of graphene hydrogel is arranged below the contact window and the insulating covering layer on the periphery of the contact window, the conductive expansion layer is electrically connected with the conductive layer, and the conductive expansion layer can expand after being heated or absorbing water to form an electrode contact protruding outwards from the contact window. Amino multi-walled carbon nanotubes, amino graphene quantum dots and gold nanoparticles are loaded in the graphene hydrogel. The electrode contact has the advantages that after the electrode contact is heated or absorbs water, the conductive expansion layer expands to form the electrode contact protruding out of the contact window, and the electrode contact is good in tissue affinity, capable of making better contact with nervous tissue and more excellent in performance.

An active implantable medical device (AIMD) has a high-purity fused silica wafer assembly micro-bonded to the housing for the device's electrical energy power source. During the micro-bonding process, electromagnetic radiation passes through the fused silica wafer but impinges on the metal housing to create a micro-bond at the interface between the two materials. A printed circuit board (PCB) assembly resides inside a power source housing recess closed by the micro-bonded fused silica wafer. Two conductive pathways extend through the fused silica wafer from electrodes supported on a body fluid side of the wafer to the PCB. The PCB, in turn, is connected to the power source to energize the electrodes for providing stimulation therapy to a patient or for sensing biological signals from the patient.

The invention discloses a neural microelectrode for electrical stimulation combined with drug release and a preparation method thereof.The neural microelectrode comprises a first flexible substrate layer, a drug-loaded slow-release layer, a second flexible substrate layer, a conductive layer and an insulating covering layer, and the drug-loaded slow-release layer contains chitosan microspheres embedded with drugs; the medicament comprises nerve growth factors and / or anti-inflammatory drugs, a plurality of drug release holes are distributed in the insulating covering layer, an electrode contact is arranged at one end of the conducting layer, a lead connector is electrically arranged at the other end of the conducting layer, and openings for exposing the electrode contact and the lead connector are correspondingly formed in the two ends of the insulating covering layer respectively. According to the neural microelectrode provided by the invention, the drug-loaded slow-release layer is integrated in the neural microelectrode, so that a space for storing a drug does not need to be additionally processed on the membrane layer, and the drug does not need to be additionally loaded, so that the production and processing are relatively convenient and rapid; after the neural microelectrode is implanted into a corresponding tissue in a body, the drug-loaded sustained-release layer can be gradually degraded to slowly release a medicament for repairing nervous tissues or avoiding rejection reaction in a long-acting manner.

According to the invention, a bicontinuous phase conductive core-shell nanofiber membrane is applied to construction of a flexible neural electrode and a neural conduit, firstly, a bicontinuous phase conductive polymer system is constructed, and the system realizes a three-dimensional network in which an electric phase and a mechanical phase are respectively continuous, interpenetrating but independent; and the long-term technical problems of conductive component agglomeration, conductive path interruption and the like are effectively solved. And preparing the conductive nanofiber scaffold with a core-shell structure by taking a high-molecular polymer as a core layer material and a bicontinuous-phase conductive polymer system as a shell layer material through a coaxial electrostatic spinning method. The construction mode effectively establishes a stable, continuous and uniform electron conduction path, can realize effective nerve electrical stimulation and high-fidelity electrophysiological signal recording in vivo, and can be used as a nerve conduit to regulate and repair related bio-electricity signals in a nerve repair process, so as to accelerate regeneration and repair of nerves.

The invention discloses a neural tissue stimulator, characterized in that the neural tissue stimulator comprises a multiple of microneedles and a chip comprising at least one comparator with adaptive level, sequence control circuit, at least one capacitor stack built by n capacitors and 2n switches, at least one buffer capacitor outside the at least one capacitor stack, at least two additional switches outside the at least one capacitor stack, a CMOS-Logic, wherein further, the neural tissue stimulator comprises an interposer layer comprising holes for the multiple of microneedles and a lid. The neural tissue stimulator is characterized in, that the chip is located on one surface of the interposer layer and that the lid and the interposer layer form a capsule for the chip. Further, the neural tissue stimulator is adapted to be electrically self-sufficient.

Systems and methods for informing and evaluating neuromodulation therapy are disclosed herein. A system configured in accordance with embodiments of the present technology can include, for example, a guidewire having a proximal portion, a distal portion configured to be positioned at a target site in a blood vessel of a human patient, and a sensing element positioned along the distal portion. The sensing element can be a pressure sensing element, a flow sensing element, an impedance sensing element, and / or a temperature sensing element. The system can also include a controller configured to obtain one or more measurements related to a physiological parameter of the patient via the sensing element. Based on the measurements, the controller can determine the physiological parameter and compare the parameter to a predetermined threshold. Based on the comparison, the controller and / or an operator can evaluate the likelihood that the patient would benefit from neuromodulation therapy.

A method for estimating neural activation arising from stimulation by a stimulation system includes identifying different neural elements stimulated by the stimulation; obtaining a neural response signal resulting from the stimulation by the stimulation system; and decomposing the neural response signal to estimate neural activation of each of the different neural elements.

Methods of treating a subject for a dissociative disorder and methods of screening agents for the ability to modulate dissociative and associative states in a subject are provided. In particular, agents that alter rhythmic neural activity in the posteromedial cortex can be used to modulate dissociative and associative states in a subject.