Apparatus and method for positioning, implanting and using a stimulation lead

US11135437B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• SPR Therapeutics, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Joseph W. Boggs, II · Carrboro, US
• Amorn Wongsarnpigoon · Chapel Hill, US
• Matthew G. deBock · Morrisville, US
• Meredith J. McGee · Cary, US
• Devin Sell · Brecksville, US
• Robert B. Strother · Willoughby Hills, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 1, 2017
• Grant date: Oct 5, 2021
• Expiry date: Aug 1, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61B2017/3492
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An introducing device for locating a tissue region and deploying an electrode is shown and described. The introducing device may include an outer sheath. An inner sheath may be disposed within the outer sheath. The inner sheath may be configured to engage an implantable electrode. In an example, the inner sheath may comprise a stimulation probe having an uninsulated portion at or near a distal end of the delivery sheath. The outer sheath may be coupled to a power source or stimulation signal generating circuitry at a proximal end. A clinician may control application of the stimulation signal to a tissue region via the outer sheath.