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UP-Stimulator [Utah Slanted Electrode Array Pudendal Nerve-Stimulator]

Invention Summary This invention consists of a novel technique for controlling urination, or micturition. It consists of implanting the Utah Slanted Electrode Array (USEA) into the pudendal nerve to provide the capacity to selectively contract and relax the two major muscle groups involved in normal voiding, the detrusor and external urethral sphincter...

Published: 6/6/2019 | Inventor(s): Richard Normann, Patrick Cartwright, Heather A.c. Wark, E. David Bell

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Category(s): Hardware, Circuits & Sensors, Biosensors

Design of Multi-Electrode Array and Associated Printed Circuit Board to Allow Some Electrodes to Act as Electrical Reference

Invention Summary: Disorders of the nervous system represent one of the nation's largest health care problems, afflicting more than 100 million Americans and costing more than $700 billion annually. Neural disorders also extract an especially profound toll on the human experience and the quality of life. The high-channel count Utah Electrode Array...

Published: 1/3/2019 | Inventor(s): Gregory Clark, David Warren, Noah Ledbetter, Marcy Lloyd, Richard Normann

Keywords(s): Medical Devices

Category(s): Hardware, Circuits & Sensors, Biosensors