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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2015
Filed:
May. 14, 2012
Carl Lance Boling, San Jose, CA (US);
Anthony V. Caparso, San Francisco, CA (US);
Francis A. Papay, Westlake, OH (US);
Ryan Powell, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Jennifer Teng, Saratoga, CA (US);
Morgan Clyburn, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Carl Lance Boling, San Jose, CA (US);
Anthony V. Caparso, San Francisco, CA (US);
Francis A. Papay, Westlake, OH (US);
Ryan Powell, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Jennifer Teng, Saratoga, CA (US);
Morgan Clyburn, Menlo Park, CA (US);
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH (US);
Autonomic Technologies, Inc., Redwood City, CA (US);
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.