DELIVERY OF IMPLANTABLE NEUROSTIMULATORS

Abstract: apparatus is provided, comprising an implant-storage member (), configured to be percutaneously advanced to a tissue () of a subject, and shaped to define (a) a space () that is configured to house an implant () configured to apply a current to at least the tissue, (b) an opening () through which the implant is deliverable to the tissue, and (c) at least one window (), configured such that, while the implant is disposed within the space and the implant-storage member is disposed in the tissue, the window facilitates flow of the current therethrough from the implant to the tissue; and a delivery manipulator (), reversibly couplable to the implant, and configured to facilitate delivery of the implant through the opening. other embodiments are also described.

Inventor(s): Yossi GROSS, Gur ORON, Shlomi RONEN, Bar EYTAN, Zev SOHN, Rami LORE, Danny NEEMAN

CPC Classification: A61N1/0558 (ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; RADIATION THERAPY; ULTRASOUND THERAPY (measurement of bioelectric currents ; surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body ; anaesthetic apparatus in general ; incandescent lamps ; infrared radiators for heating ))

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