US 11,938,313 B2
Methods and systems for deploying an electrode array at a target location and verifying the location thereof
John A. Cadwell, Richland, WA (US)
Filed by Cadwell Laboratories, Inc., Kennewick, WA (US)
Filed on Oct. 27, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/452,416.
Application 17/452,416 is a continuation of application No. 16/574,824, filed on Sep. 18, 2019, granted, now 11,185,684.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/767,504, filed on Nov. 14, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/732,654, filed on Sep. 18, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0110571 A1, Apr. 14, 2022
Int. Cl. A61N 1/05 (2006.01); A61B 5/06 (2006.01); A61B 5/279 (2021.01); A61B 5/293 (2021.01); A61N 1/372 (2006.01); A61B 1/313 (2006.01); A61N 1/36 (2006.01)
CPC A61N 1/0539 (2013.01) [A61B 5/063 (2013.01); A61B 5/279 (2021.01); A61B 5/293 (2021.01); A61N 1/0531 (2013.01); A61N 1/37205 (2013.01); A61B 1/313 (2013.01); A61B 2562/046 (2013.01); A61N 1/36064 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A method of deploying an electrode array at a target location within a patient's cranium through a hole formed in the patient's cranium and verifying placement at said target location, the method comprising:
obtaining an electrode array system, wherein the electrode array system comprises a cannula having a lumen, a substrate, an array of electrodes attached to the substrate, and an inserter attached to the substrate, wherein the substrate, the array of electrodes, and the inserter are positioned in the lumen in a first compressed state;
inserting the cannula through the hole;
sliding the cannula backwards while positioning the inserter, the substrate, and the array of electrodes at the target location;
causing the inserter, the substrate and the array of electrodes to transition from the first compressed state to a second uncompressed state at the target location; and
using an electrical pulse generator, verifying placement of the array of electrodes at the target location.