# US 2014/0155768 A1 · Method and Systems for Delivering and Deploying a Sensory Implant In Situ

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- Number: US 2014/0155768 A1
- Document ID: US20140155768A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 13/929,405
- Filed: 2013-06-27
- Published: 2014-06-05
- Earliest claimed: 2010-12-30
- Assignees: Vectorious Medical Technologies Ltd.
- Applicants: Vectorious Medical Technologies Ltd.
- Inventors: Eyal Orion; Ronny Winshtein; Oren Goldshtein
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140155768A1

## CPC

- A61B 5/6847: {mounted on an invasive device}
- A61B 5/0031: {Implanted circuitry}
- A61B 5/0215: by means inserted into the body
- A61B 5/08: Measuring devices for evaluating the respiratory organs
- A61B 5/6852: {Catheters}
- A61B 5/6882: {Anchoring means}
- A61B 5/6848: {Needles}
- A61M 25/0082: {Catheter tip comprising a tool}
- A61M 37/0069: {Devices for implanting pellets, e.g. markers or solid medicaments (for introducing of radioactive sources for interstitial radiation therapy, i.e. brachytherapy A61N5/1027)}
- A61B: DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (usefulness limited to only animals A61D)
- A61M: DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY (introducing media into or onto the bodies of animals A61D7/00; means for inserting tampons A61F13/26; devices for administering food or medicines orally A61J; containers for collecting, storing or administering blood or medical fluids A61J1/05); DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY (surgery A61B; chemical aspects of surgical articles A61L); DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR {(Electrotherapy, e.g. producing anaesthesia by the use of alternating or intermittent currents A61N1/36021)}

## Abstract

The present invention relates to devices, systems and methods for delivering a sensory implant along a selected linear pierced path of introduction to a wall target located on an external surface of an internal body organ; and implanting the sensory implant in the wall of the internal body organ.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A system comprising:
(1) a sensory implant adapted to sense a change in at least one parameter associated with a condition and/or a performance of an internal body organ; and
(2) an implant delivery device, comprising:
(a) a longitudinal body enclosing a lumen communicating with an open free end thereof and adapted to provide a contained passage along a linear pierced path between an entry point and a wall target associated with the internal body organ; and
(b) an introducer releasably connected to the sensory implant and adapted to advance the sensory implant from an enclosed position in the lumen to a protruded position distal to the free end;
wherein the implant delivery device is operative to penetrate the wall from the exterior surface and to release the sensory implant in the wall.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

A system according to claim 1, wherein the contained passage has a diameter of less than about 1.5 mm.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

A system according to claim 1, wherein the introducer is coupled to the sensory implant by a threaded mechanism.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

A system according to claim 1, wherein the introducer, when connected to the sensory implant, allows electrical connectivity between the sensory implant and a remote device provided outside the body; and
wherein the remote device includes an electrical power source and/or a signal receiver.

### Claim 5

(canceled)

### Claim 6 (depends on 4)

A system according to claim 4, wherein the introducer includes a distally positioned coiled member provided in a direct electrical contact with a proximally positioned electrically conductive member, the coiled member is adapted for inductive coupling with an implant conductor provided with the sensory implant.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

A system according to claim 1, further comprising a positioning verification analyzer communicative with the sensory implant prior to the releasing thereof and adapted to correlate between a signal transmitted by the sensory implant and a stored identifying data.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

A system according to claim 1, wherein the sensory implant includes a sensing component, a signal processing component, and a telemetry component.

### Claim at position 9

9-28. (canceled)

### Claim 29

A method comprising:
introducing an implant delivery device carrying an implant along a selected linear pierced path and arriving at a wall target located on an external surface of an internal body organ; and
anchoring at least a portion of the implant in the internal body organ wall.

### Claim 30 (depends on 29)

The method of claim 29, further comprising: implanting the implant at a site of implantation in the wall of the internal body organ.

### Claim 31 (depends on 30)

The method of claim 30, wherein the site of implantation includes the wall target.

### Claim 32 (depends on 29)

The method of claim 29, wherein the implant is a sensory implant.

### Claim 33 (depends on 32)

The method of claim 32, wherein the sensory implant includes a pressure sensor.

### Claim 34 (depends on 29)

The method of claim 29, wherein the selected linear pierced path is a direct path accommodating introduction and advancement of the implant delivery device in a substantially straight line.

### Claim 35 (depends on 29)

The method of claim 29, wherein the delivery device passes at least once through lung tissue during its advancement along the linear pierced path.

### Claim 36 (depends on 29)

The method of claim 29, further comprising: verifying implant location prior to the anchoring.

### Claim 37 (depends on 29)

The method of claim 29, wherein the selected linear pierced path is selected prior to the introducing.

### Claim 38 (depends on 37)

The method of claim 37, wherein the selecting is followed by a preliminary imagery scan analysis.

### Claim 39 (depends on 29)

The method of claim 29, further comprising: selecting an entry point defining the linear pierced path in-between the organ target.

### Claim 40 (depends on 29)

The method of claim 29, wherein the implant delivery device comprises a longitudinal body enclosing a lumen communicating with an open free end thereof and adapted to provide a contained passage along the linear pierced path, and an introducer releasably connected to the sensory implant and adapted to advance the sensory implant in the lumen; and
wherein the method further comprises advancing the introducer from an enclosed position in the lumen to a protruded position distal to the free end.

### Claim 41 (depends on 1)

A method comprising:
selecting a wall target located on an external surface of an internal body organ;
choosing a linear path between an entry point and the wall target;
using the system of claim 1 to pierce across tissues along the linear path;
penetrating the wall of the internal body organ from the external surface; and
releasing the sensory implant in the wall.

### Claim 42

(canceled)