US 11,931,565 B2
Surgical application tool for implantation of an electrode wire
Marc Possover, Hagendorn (CH)
Filed by Marc Possover, Hagendorn (CH)
Filed on Apr. 5, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/221,973.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2020 109 730.1 (DE), filed on Apr. 7, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0353935 A1, Nov. 18, 2021
Int. Cl. A61N 1/05 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61N 1/0551 (2013.01) [A61B 17/00234 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00296 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00336 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A surgical application tool (18) for implanting an electrode wire on nerves in an inner area of a pelvis of a human body, the surgical application tool (18) comprising a mandrel (16) having an engagement tip (19) and a shaft section (02) and comprising a sleeve (01) made of a rigid material which is configured to insert and guide the electrode wire through a sleeve interior (08) when the mandrel (16) is removed, said sleeve (01) extending at least along the shaft section (02) and being detachable from the mandrel (16), a handle (20) being provided on the mandrel (16) and/or the sleeve (01) for the extracorporeal handling of the application tool (18), and the handle (20) being configured to manually rotate and/or pivot the mandrel (16) and/or the sleeve (01) when it is inserted into the body,
wherein
the shaft section (02) of the mandrel (16) and/or the sleeve (01) have/has at least one S-shaped segment (03) having two consecutive arc sections (05, 06), an outer arc section (06) of the S-shaped segment (03) being configured to at least partially enclose the nerve, and
wherein
when the mandrel (16) is inserted through the sleeve (01), a complete closure of an interior of the sleeve is achieved.