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Patent No.:

US 10098662 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2018

Filed:

Nov. 30, 2015

Surgical tools to facilitate delivery of a neurostimulator into the pterygopalatine fossa

Applicants:

Autonomic Technologies, Inc., Redwood City, CA (US);

The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH (US);

Inventors:

Carl Lance Boling, San Jose, CA (US);

Anthony V. Caparso, San Mateo, CA (US);

Francis A. Papay, Westlake, OH (US);

Ryan Powell, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Jennifer Teng, San Francisco, CA (US);

Morgan Clyburn, Menlo Park, CA (US);

Assignees:

The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH (US);

Autonomic Technologies, Inc., Redwood City, CA (US);

Attorney:

Tarolli, Sundheim, Covell & Tummino LLP

Primary Examiner:

Lindsey G Wehrheim

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/34 (2006.01); A61B 17/24 (2006.01); A61B 17/3211 (2006.01); A61N 1/05 (2006.01); A61N 1/36 (2006.01); A61N 1/372 (2006.01); A61B 17/02 (2006.01); A61B 17/32 (2006.01); A61N 1/375 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/3468 (2013.01); A61B 17/0218 (2013.01); A61B 17/24 (2013.01); A61B 17/3211 (2013.01); A61N 1/0526 (2013.01); A61N 1/0551 (2013.01); A61N 1/36075 (2013.01); A61N 1/37205 (2013.01); A61B 17/02 (2013.01); A61B 2017/320052 (2013.01); A61N 1/0548 (2013.01); A61N 1/375 (2013.01);
Abstract

A surgical tool configured to facilitate delivery of a neurostimulator to a craniofacial region of a subject includes a handle portion, an elongate shaft having a contoured distal portion, and an insertion groove on the elongate shaft. The elongate shaft is configured to be advanced under a zygomatic bone along a maxillary tuberosity towards a pterygopalatine fossa. The distal portion includes a distal dissecting tip. The insertion groove is configured to receive, support, and guide a medical device or instrument.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Boling, Carl. (2018). Surgical tools to facilitate delivery of a neurostimulator into the pterygopalatine fossa (U.S. Patent No. 10098662). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/10098662

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