Intellectual Property

Nervion has a patent portfolio of five (5) granted United States patents related to implantable electrical neurostimulation as summarized below. Some of these patents also have European and Canadian coverage which will allow Nervion to create a line of advanced implantable neurostimulators with a comfortable level of technology protection. Additional patents will be prosecuted as required to expand the intellectual property portfolio. The patent portfolio gives emphasis to lithium ion rechargeable battery systems, which are anticipated to become a large part of the future electrical neurostimulation market for various indications.

• US Patent Number 6,166,518 “Implantable Power Management System” Issued December, 2000

            European PCT/US 00/11277 November, 2001

            Canadian PCT/US 00/11277 December, 2001

• US Patent Number 6,181,105 “Self Contain Transportable Power Source Maintenance and Charge System” Issued January 2001

• US Patent Number 6,278,258 “Implantable Power Management System” Issued August, 2001

• US Patent Number 5,949,632 “Power Supply Having Means for Extending the Operating Time of an Implantable Medical Device” Issued September 1999

• US Patent Number 6,664,763 “System for Managing Power to an Implanted Device Based on Operating Time, Current Drain and Battery Capacity” Issued December 2003