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US 2025/0152938 A1Published application
Percutaneous access for systems and methods of treating sleep-related disordered breathing
AssigneeInspire Medical Systems, Inc.
InventorsMark A. Christopherson, Quan Ni, John Rondoni
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Abstract
Systems and methods are described and illustrated for percutaneously implanting a stimulation lead for treating sleep-related disordered breathing.
Claims1
A method of implanting a stimulation lead to treat sleep-related disordered breathing, comprising:
- percutaneously inserting a distal portion of an introducing mechanism and positioning the distal portion to be adjacent to a target nerve stimulation site while maintaining a proximal portion of the introducing element external to a skin surface;
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- releasably engaging a stimulation lead relative to the proximal portion of the introducing mechanism, and slidably advancing the stimulation lead via the introducing mechanism to percutaneously insert the stimulation lead until a distal portion of the stimulation lead is positioned at the target stimulation site.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.