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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2009
Filed:
Feb. 09, 2005
Gregory T. Schulte, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Matthew H. Adams, Princeton, MN (US);
Shahn S. Sage, Andover, MN (US);
Lynn M. Otten, Blaine, MN (US);
Gregory T. Schulte, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Matthew H. Adams, Princeton, MN (US);
Shahn S. Sage, Andover, MN (US);
Lynn M. Otten, Blaine, MN (US);
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
Apparatus and methods for securing a therapy delivery device relative to a burr hole. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes a base that is securable to bone, without the use of fasteners, either before or after insertion of the therapy delivery device into the burr hole. The apparatus may further include a stabilizer that may be engaged with both the base and the therapy delivery device while the delivery device is held with positioning apparatus. The base and/or stabilizer may frictionally engage the delivery device, e.g., receive it with interference, to secure the device in two or more non-parallel directions. In some embodiments, at least the stabilizer may include a surface coating or treatment operable to enhance frictional engagement with the therapy delivery device.