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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 13, 2017
Applicant:
Brainlab Ag, Munich, DE;
Inventor:
Bálint Varkuti, Munich, DE;
Assignee:
BRAINLAB AG, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 34/20 (2016.01); A61M 25/01 (2006.01); A61B 17/34 (2006.01); A61N 1/05 (2006.01); G06F 19/00 (2018.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61M 39/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 34/20 (2016.02); A61B 17/3468 (2013.01); A61M 25/0158 (2013.01); A61N 1/0534 (2013.01); G06F 19/3481 (2013.01); A61B 2034/2046 (2016.02); A61B 2034/2051 (2016.02); A61B 2090/3954 (2016.02); A61B 2090/3983 (2016.02); A61M 2039/0279 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present disclosure sets forth a guiding tube for placing medical implants within body tissue. The guiding tube includes an elongated, dimensionally stable tubular body encompassing an inner channel adapted to receive a medical implant wherein the tubular body has at least one electromagnetic element, the element configured to exert an electromagnetic force on at least one magnetic element of the medical implant inserted into the inner channel of the guiding tube. The medical implant includes a stimulation lead having at least one directional electrode with an elongated body insertable into an inner channel enclosed by a tubular body of the guiding tube.