Neural stimulator placement

A method for implanting a wireless neural stimulator device, the method comprising:

• percutaneously inserting a introducer device through a patient's skin on a lateral side of a patient's neck, wherein the device includes a proximal end, a distal end, a first opening at the proximal end, a second opening at the distal end, and a lumen extending between the first opening and the second opening;
• after inserting the introducer device through the patient's skin, advancing the distal end of the introducer device towards a perivascular bundle of the patient until the distal end is proximate to the perivascular bundle;
• inserting the wireless neural stimulator device through the first opening at the proximal end of the introducer device;
• and
• advancing the wireless neural stimulator from the first opening through the lumen of the introducer device until the wireless neural stimulator exits the second opening at the distal end of the introducer device and becomes proximate to the vagus nerve such that the wireless neural stimulator is implanted to stimulate the vagus nerve by non-inductively receiving, via one or more dipole antennas on the wireless neural stimulator device, an input signal;
• creating one or more electrical pulses solely using electrical energy contained in the received input signal, and applying the created one or more electrical pulses to simulate the vagus nerve.