Skull-Mounted Optical Implant
AssigneeBoston Scientific Neuromodulation Corporation
InventorWilliam G. Orinski
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Abstract
A skull-mountable medical device is disclosed. The device includes a housing containing a light source for providing phototherapy to a patient. A light pipe is attached to the housing. The device is configured to be positioned on a patient's skull with the light pipe extending into the patient's brain, such that light from the light source can irradiate a target position within the patient's brain. Once so positioned, the housing may be affixed to the skull via bone screws. The device is powered and controlled by an implantable pulse generator (IPG) that may be implanted into a patient's tissue remotely from the device and connected to the device by wire leads.
Claims21
A medical device, comprising:
- a skull-mounted housing configured to be mounted to a patient's skull;
- a light source contained within the housing;
- and
- a light pipe attached to the housing and configured to provide a path for light from the light source to a target neural area.
A system comprising a skull-mounted medical device and an implantable pulse generator (IPG), wherein:
- the skull-mounted medical device comprises:
- a skull-mounted housing configured to be mounted to a patient's skull;
- a light source contained within the housing;
- and
- a light pipe attached to the housing and configured to provide a path for light from the light source to a target neural area, and wherein
- the IPG comprises:
- a conductive IPG housing;
- electronic circuitry within the IPG housing;
- and
- at least one electrode wire cable extending outwardly from the IPG housing, wherein each electrode wire cable comprises a plurality of wires connected to the electronic circuitry, wherein the IPG is connected to the skull-mounted housing by the at least one electrode wire cable.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.