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Integrated delivery and visualization tool for a neuromodulation system

  • US 8,412,336 B2
  • Filed: 12/29/2009
  • Issued: 04/02/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/29/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of delivering a neurostimulator to within close proximity of a sphenopalatine ganglion, comprising:

  • making an incision over an anterior maxilla;

    inserting a delivery tool having an integrated visualization system into the incision;

    visualizing tissue near a distal portion of the delivery tool with the visualization system;

    advancing the delivery tool sub-periosteally at a lateral edge of a zygomaticomaxillary buttress region towards a pterygopalatine fossa; and

    delivering the neurostimulator in close proximity to the sphenopalatine ganglion.

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