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Implant and delivery system for neural stimulator

  • US 10,271,907 B2
  • Filed: 05/13/2016
  • Issued: 04/30/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/13/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. Apparatus for use with an optical fiber shape-sensing system, the apparatus comprising:

  • an optical fiber, optically couplable to the optical fiber shape-sensing system, and configured to change shape during advancement through a greater palatine canal of a subject;

    a delivery tool configured to be removably coupled to the optical fiber and to distally advance the optical fiber through the greater palatine canal; and

    a neural stimulator implant, which is (a) shaped and sized to be delivered to a sphenopalatine ganglion (SPG) of the subject by the delivery tool, (b) configured to not be in contact with the optical fiber during delivery of the neural stimulator implant by the delivery tool, and (c) configured to apply electrical stimulation to the SPG.

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