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US 8,271,094 B1Granted
Devices with cannula and electrode lead for brain stimulation and methods of use and manufacture
AssigneeBoston Scientific Neuromodulation Corporation
InventorsMichael A. Moffitt, Paul Milton Meadows
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Abstract
A device for brain stimulation includes a cannula configured and arranged for insertion into a brain of a patient; at least one cannula electrode disposed on the cannula; and an electrode lead for insertion into the cannula, the electrode lead comprising at least one stimulating electrode.
Claims14
A device for brain stimulation, comprising:
- a cannula, defining a central lumen, the cannula configured and arranged for temporary insertion into a brain of a patient;
- at least one cannula electrode disposed on the cannula;
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- an electrode lead configured and arranged for insertion into the cannula, wherein the cannula is configured and arranged to insert and implant the electrode lead in a patient's brain and wherein the cannula is configured and arranged to be removable from the electrode lead leaving the electrode lead in the patient's brain, wherein the cannula has sufficient length to receive, and encompass simultaneously within the central lumen, the entire portion of the electrode lead that is to be inserted into the patient's brain, the electrode lead comprising at least one stimulating electrode, wherein the electrode lead is substantially less rigid than the cannula.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.