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US 12,194,291 · App. 17/747,471 · Granted Jan 14, 2025

Electrical stimulation cuff devices and systems with helical arrangement of electrodes

Inventors: Arthur J. Foster (Gary, SD); Pratap Arangil (Valencia, CA); Hari Hara Subramanian (Valencia, CA)
Assignee: Boston Scientific Neuromodulation Corporation
A61N1/0556A61N1/0558A61N1/3605
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Patent No.
US 12,194,291
App. No.
17/747,471
Granted
Jan 14, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electrical stimulation lead includes a cuff having a cuff body having an exterior surface, an interior surface, and a circumference; longitudinally elongated electrodes disposed on the interior surface of the cuff body and helically arranged with each of the longitudinally elongated electrodes longitudinally offset relative to any adjacent longitudinally elongated electrodes; and a longitudinal slit extending through the cuff body and further extending along an entire length of the cuff body, the longitudinal slit operable to receive a portion of a target nerve from a region outside of the cuff to within the cuff body. The lead also includes a lead body coupled to the cuff and conductors extending through the lead body and the cuff with the conductors electrically coupled to the longitudinally elongated electrodes.

Claims (28)

1. An electrical stimulation lead comprising:

a cuff comprising

a cuff body having an exterior surface, an interior surface, and a circumference,

a plurality of longitudinally elongated electrodes disposed on the interior surface of the cuff body and helically arranged with each of the longitudinally elongated electrodes longitudinally offset relative to any adjacent longitudinally elongated electrodes, wherein, for all of the longitudinally elongated electrodes, immediately adjacent ones of the longitudinally elongated electrodes longitudinally overlap with each other and have a longitudinal offset of proximal ends of the longitudinally elongated electrodes no more than 75% of a length of the longitudinally elongated electrodes, wherein each of the longitudinally elongated electrodes has a width of no more than 100 μm and a length of at least 0.5 mm, and

a longitudinal slit extending through the cuff body and further extending along an entire length of the cuff body, the longitudinal slit operable to receive a portion of a target nerve from a region outside of the cuff to within the cuff body;

a lead body coupled to the cuff; and

a plurality of conductors extending through the lead body and the cuff with the conductors electrically coupled to the longitudinally elongated electrodes.

2. The electrical stimulation lead of claim 1 , wherein the longitudinally elongated electrodes are arranged in at least one helical turn.

3. The electrical stimulation lead of claim 2 , wherein each of the at least one helical turn includes at least eight of the longitudinally elongated electrodes.

4. The electrical stimulation lead of claim 3 , wherein each of the at least one helical turn of the cuff body has a pitch of at least 1 mm.

5. The electrical stimulation lead of claim 3 , wherein adjacent pairs of the longitudinally elongated electrodes are separated by at least 0.02 mm.

6. The electrical stimulation lead of claim 1 , wherein the longitudinally elongated electrodes are arranged in at least two helical turns.

7. The electrical stimulation lead of claim 6 , wherein each of the helical turns includes at least eight of the longitudinally elongated electrodes.

8. The electrical stimulation lead of claim 6 , wherein the longitudinally elongated electrodes of each of the helical turns are longitudinally aligned with corresponding ones of the longitudinally elongated electrodes of each of the other helical turns.

9. The electrical stimulation lead of claim 6 , wherein the longitudinally elongated electrodes of at least one of the helical turns are circumferentially staggered relative to corresponding ones of the longitudinally elongated electrodes of at least one of the other helical turns.

10. The electrical stimulation lead of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of longitudinally elongated electrodes comprises at least 20 of the longitudinally elongated electrodes.

11. The electrical stimulation lead of claim 1 , wherein each of the longitudinally elongated electrodes is longitudinally offset from each adjacent one of the longitudinally elongated electrodes by at least 0.2 mm or by at least 10 percent of the length of the longitudinally elongated electrodes.

12. The electrical stimulation lead of claim 1 , wherein the cuff further comprises at least one radial electrode extending around at least 40% of the circumference of the cuff body.

13. The electrical stimulation lead of claim 12 , wherein at least one of the at least one radial electrode is disposed on the cuff body at an end of the helical arrangement of the longitudinally elongated electrodes or the at least one radial electrodes comprises two radial electrode disposed at opposite ends of the helical arrangement of the longitudinally elongated electrodes.

14. The electrical stimulation lead of claim 1 , further comprising a cushioning layer disposed over the interior surface of the cuff body.

15. The electrical stimulation lead of claim 1 , wherein the cuff body has a length of at least 10 mm.

16. The electrical stimulation lead of claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of terminals disposed along the lead body and electrically coupled to the longitudinally elongated electrodes by the conductors.

17. An electrical stimulation system, comprising:

the electrical stimulation lead of claim 1 ; and

a control module configured to receive a portion of the lead body of the electrical stimulation lead and to electrically couple to the longitudinally elongated electrodes.

18. The electrical stimulation lead of claim 1 , wherein each of the longitudinally elongated electrodes has a length of at least 2 mm.

19. The electrical stimulation lead of claim 1 , wherein, for all of the longitudinally elongated electrodes, a longitudinal offset between the proximal ends of immediately adjacent ones of the longitudinally elongated electrodes is no more than 30% of a length of the longitudinally elongated electrodes.

20. The electrical stimulation lead of claim 1 , wherein each of the longitudinally elongated electrodes has an aspect ratio (length/width) of at least 10.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 18, 2022
From: FOSTER, ARTHUR J.; ARANGIL, PRATAP; SUBRAMANIAN, HARI HARA
To: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC NEUROMODULATION CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 059947/0332 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 63191449 · May 21, 2021
Related Publication 20220370793A1 · Nov 24, 2022
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