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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 08, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 14, 2019
Academisch Ziekenhuis Leiden (H.o.d.n. Lumc), Leiden, NL;
Wouter R Van Furth, Leiden, NL;
Nienke R. Biermasz, Leiden, NL;
Amir H. Zamanipoor Najafabadi, Leiden, NL;
ACADEMISCH ZIEKENHUIS LEIDEN (H.O.D.N. LUMC), Leiden, NL;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a system and method, in which a distal end of an electrode is implanted in an organ, such as a pituitary gland, for intermittent electrical stimulation thereof and a proximal end of the electrode is provided with a connection plug, a distal end of which can be attached to a bone adjacent the organ, such an anterior wall of the sphenoid sinus/vomer, and a proximal end of which can be reversibly connected electrically to a wire that is connected electrically to a source of electrical stimulation for the organ.