Kristin D Zhao

US Patent:

20210052889, Feb 25, 2021

Filed:

Jan 23, 2019

Appl. No.:

16/960166

Inventors:

- Rochester MN, US
Igor A. Lavrov - Rochester MN, US
Kristin D. Zhao - Rochester MN, US
Kendall H. Lee - Rochester MN, US
Megan L. Gill - Rochester MN, US

Assignee:

Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research - Rochester MN

International Classification:

A61N 1/36
A61N 1/05

Abstract:

This specification describes systems, methods, devices, and other techniques for activating muscle groups in a mammal using an implantable epidural electrical stimulation (EES) system, and for using spinal landmarks to determine implant locations for an EES probe. In some aspects, a first set of electrodes of an EES system is provided at a first set of locations on the dura mater of a spine of a mammal, the first set of locations on the dura mater corresponding to a first muscle group of the mammal, a second set of electrodes is provided at a second set of locations on the dura mater of the spine of the mammal, the second set of locations on the dura mater corresponding to a second muscle group of the mammal, and the first and second sets of locations on the dura mater are stimulated by electrically energizing the first and second sets of electrodes.