Deployable stimulator array
OwnerAutry J. Parker, Jr.inventor
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Abstract
This invention provides a percutaneous implantable electrode array that can be deployed or repositioned though a needle insertion site. The deployable electrode apparatus, in one embodiment, is made of a fixed electrode array on a central body of the apparatus and a deployable electrode array. The deployable electrode array is actuated by at least two struts, each of the struts having a first and second end. The central body of the apparatus is configured to retain the first end of the at least two struts. Each of the side arrays are flexurally connected to the second end of each of the strut and the side arrays are connected to at least one stylet, which extends to the proximal end of the apparatus.
Claims10
An actuator assembly for a deployable electrode apparatus comprising:
- at least two struts, each of said struts having a first and a second end, a central body of the apparatus configured to retain said first end of each said at least two struts;
- at least two flat side electrode arrays, each of said side electrode arrays flexurally connected to the second end of each of the struts, said side arrays connected to at least one stylet, said stylet extending to the proximal end of said apparatus.
A deployable electrode apparatus comprising:
- a fixed electrode array on a central body of said apparatus;
- a flat deployable electrode array;
- wherein said flat deployable electrode array is actuated by at least two struts, each of said struts having a first and second end, a central body of the apparatus configured to retain said first end of each said at least two struts;
- at least two flat side electrode arrays, each of said side arrays flexurally connected to the second end of each of the struts, said side arrays connected to at least one stylet, and said stylet extending to the proximal end of said apparatus.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.