US 12,070,595 B2
Devices and methods for percutaneous electrode implant
Paul Pignato, Stacy, MN (US); Seth Wilks, Valparaiso, IN (US); Vance Kesler, Roseville, MN (US); James E. Johnson, Winston-Salem, NC (US); James Anderson Smith, Mount Pleasant, SC (US); Peter James Meinz, Minneapolis, MN (US); William Thomas Hartsig, Hudson, WI (US); and Caleb Ole Vainikka, Waconia, MN (US)
Assigned to CVRx, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US)
Appl. No. 17/268,192
Filed by CVRx, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US)
PCT Filed Aug. 15, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/046694
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 12, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/037145, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 20, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/764,752, filed on Aug. 15, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0316135 A1, Oct. 14, 2021
Int. Cl. A61N 1/05 (2006.01); A61N 1/36 (2006.01)
CPC A61N 1/0502 (2013.01) [A61N 1/056 (2013.01); A61N 1/36017 (2013.01); A61N 1/36117 (2013.01); A61N 1/0551 (2013.01); A61N 2001/0578 (2013.01)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device, comprising:
a dilator portion including a dilator body, a hypotube coupled to and extending from the dilator body, and a port disposed in the dilator body;
a carrier portion including a carrier body and a carrier lumen disposed therein; and
a release mechanism coupled to the carrier portion, the release mechanism including a movable pin and an actuator, the actuator operable to selectively advance and retract the pin with respect to the carrier body,
wherein the dilator portion and the carrier portion are selectively engagable, the hypotube of the dilator portion insertable into the carrier lumen, and further wherein the pin in an advanced position extends into the port of the dilator portion.