Advanced Neuromodulation Systems, Inc.

John Connell Munson, Jr

John H Erickson

Terry D Daglow

Scott F Drees

Jeffery Lee Green

The present invention relates to a percutaneous insertion-capable lead, wherein insertion made through a percutaneous insertion structure. For one embodiment of such lead, the electrode-supporting stimulation portion of the lead includes at least one waisted region, relative to a transverse dimension of the lead, to facilitate lead steerability.

Stimulation/sensing lead adapted for percutaneous insertion

In one embodiment, a method of removing an organic film from a selected portion of an implantable medical device includes: selecting a portion of an implantable medical device from which to remove an organic film comprising a silane primer and a polymer of para-xylylene; using a laser set at a first value for an operational parameter, tracing the perimeter of the selected portion to ablate the organic film along the perimeter; using an infrared laser set at a second value for the operational parameter, scanning the selected portion of the device to heat the surface of the device within the perimeter of the selected portion and thereby separate the organic film from the surface of the device within the perimeter of the selected portion; and mechanically removing the chemically separated organic film from the surface of the device within the perimeter to expose the selected portion.

System and method for removing an organic film from a selected portion of an implantable medical device using an infrared laser

The present invention relates to a percutaneous insertion-capable lead, wherein insertion is made through a percutaneous insertion structure. For one embodiment of such lead, the electrode-supporting stimulation portion of the lead includes at lease one waisted region, relative to a transverse dimension of the lead, to facilitate lead steerability.

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McKinney, TX, United States of America

John Connell Munson, Jr