Implantable microstimulator with dissecting tip and/or retrieving anchor and methods of manufacture and use
AssigneeBoston Scientific Neuromodulation Corporation
InventorsJanusz A. Kuzma, Tom Xiaohai He, Anne Pianca
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Abstract
An implantable microstimulator can include a housing having a first end; an electronic subassembly disposed within the housing; a plurality of electrodes disposed on the housing and coupled to the electronic subassembly; and a dissecting tip disposed at the first end of the housing. Another implantable microstimulator includes a housing having a first end; an electronic subassembly disposed within the housing; a plurality of electrodes disposed on the housing and coupled to the electronic subassembly; and a extraction aid disposed at the first end of the housing and configured and arranged for attachment of an extraction line.
Claims25
An implantable microstimulator comprising:
- a housing having a first end;
- an electronic subassembly disposed within the housing;
- a plurality of electrodes disposed on the housing and coupled to the electronic subassembly;
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- a dissecting tip disposed at the first end of the housing, wherein the dissecting tip is dimensioned to open a path large enough through which the housing may be implanted into a body of a patient.
A method of using an implantable microstimulator, the method comprising:
- providing an implantable microstimulator comprising a housing having a first end, an electronic subassembly disposed within the housing, a plurality of electrodes disposed on the housing and coupled to the electronic subassembly, and a dissecting tip disposed at the first end of the housing, wherein the dissecting tip is dimensioned to open a path large enough through which the housing may be implanted into a body of a patient;
- inserting the microstimulator in a body of a patient using the dissecting tip to open a path to body tissue to be stimulated;
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- providing signals to the electrodes to stimulate the body tissue.
A device comprising:
- an implantable microstimulator comprising:
- an elongate housing comprising a material that prevents a transport of moisture into an interior of the housing, the housing having a front end;
- an electronic subassembly housed within the housing, the electronic subassembly configured to generate electrical pulses for stimulation of tissue;
- a first electrode mounted to the housing and coupled to the electronic subassembly to receive the electrical pulses for the stimulation of tissue;
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- a dissecting tip mounted to the front end of the elongate housing, wherein the dissecting tip is dimensioned to open a path large enough through which the elongate housing may be implanted into a body of a patient.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.