Method for affecting urinary function with electrode implantation in adipose tissue

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 7343202
APP PUB NO 20060004429A1
SERIAL NO

11150419

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Systems and methods provide a stimulation electrode assembly comprising an elongated lead sized and configured to be implanted within an adipose tissue region. The lead includes an electrically conductive portion to apply electrical stimulation to nerve or muscle in the adipose tissue region and at least one expandable anchoring structure deployable from the lead to engage adipose tissue and resist dislodgment and/or migration of the electrically conductive portion within the adipose tissue region.

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MEDTRONIC URINARY SOLUTIONS INC710 MEDTRONIC PARKWAY NE MINNEAPOLIS MN 55432

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Bennett, Maria Lyndhurst, OH 3 203
Grill, Julie Chapel Hill, NC 8 919
Mrva, Joseph J Euclid, OH 57 6649
Strother, Robert B Willoughby Hills, OH 86 8325
Thrope, Geoffrey B Shaker Heights, OH 72 9095

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