US 12,064,139 B2
System and method for placement of neurostimulation leads
Jaschar Shakuri-Rad, Morgantown, WV (US); William T. McClellan, Morgantown, WV (US); Justin R. Chambers, Morgantown, WV (US); Zachary Hoopes, Morgantown, WV (US); and Guangqiang Jiang, Irvine, CA (US)
Assigned to AXONICS, INC., Irvine, CA (US)
Filed by Axonics, Inc., Irvine, CA (US)
Filed on Apr. 17, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/135,667.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/411,904, filed on Sep. 30, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/331,474, filed on Apr. 15, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0371976 A1, Nov. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. A61B 17/34 (2006.01); G16H 30/40 (2018.01)
CPC A61B 17/3403 (2013.01) [G16H 30/40 (2018.01); A61B 2017/3407 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for guiding insertion of a needle into a patient receiving sacral nerve stimulation therapy, the apparatus comprising:
an elongated base having a first set of indicia, configured to extend longitudinally along the back of the patient, wherein the base includes a depending portion extending downwards and configured to lay adjacent to and be pressed against the coccyx of the patient;
a lateral member slidably attached to the elongate base, wherein the lateral member includes a second set of indicia; and
an element guide mounted to the lateral member configured to aid the insertion of the needle into the patient at a predetermined angle at the target location.