Lateral displacement percutaneously inserted epidural lead

Details Lateral displacement percutaneously inserted epidural lead Lateral displacement percutaneously inserted epidural lead

1990-08-21

1992-06-16

Kamm, William E.

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128419P, A61N 105

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051217546

ABSTRACT:
An insulated electrical lead for coupling the output of a neurological stimulator with the tissue to be stimulated. In most situations, the neurological stimulator is an implantable pulse generator and the tissue to be stimulated is the spinal cord, although other configurations are contemplated. The insulated electrical lead has a sealable connector at the proximal end which couples to the implantable pulse generator. The distal end contains a number of electrodes placed in close proximity to the tissue to be stimulated. A different conductor couples each of the electrodes to the proximal connector. The distal portion of the insulated lead has a deformable sigmoidal shape. The electrodes are spaced along the length of the deformable sigmoidal shape. This causes the electrodes to be displaced laterally so that specific neural tracts in the spinal cord are preferentially stimulated by various combinations of electrode polarity.

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