Treatment devices with deliver-activated inflatable members, and associated systems and methods for treating the spinal cord and other tissues
First Claim
1. A method for positioning a treatment lead in a patient, comprising:
- percutaneously passing a lead into the patient'"'"'s body while the lead is carried by a delivery device, the lead including an inflatable volume having a self-expanding material therein, the delivery device being received in an opening of the lead; and
forming a passage between the opening in the lead and the inflatable volume to expose and expand the self-expanding material by at least partially removing the delivery device from the opening.
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Abstract
The present application includes treatment systems having delivery-activated inflatable members, and associated systems and methods for treating the spinal cord and other tissues. A treatment system in accordance with one embodiment includes a lead body having an opening, an inner surface position around the opening, and an inflatable member carried by the lead body, with at least one of the inflatable member and the lead body including a frangible portion accessible from the opening. The inflatable member can have an expandable interior volume bounded at least in part by the frangible portion. The system can further include a delivery device received in the opening of the lead body and positioned to open a passage through the frangible portions between the interior volume of the inflatable member and the opening of the lead body when the delivery device is removed from the opening of the lead body.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for positioning a treatment lead in a patient, comprising:
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percutaneously passing a lead into the patient'"'"'s body while the lead is carried by a delivery device, the lead including an inflatable volume having a self-expanding material therein, the delivery device being received in an opening of the lead; and forming a passage between the opening in the lead and the inflatable volume to expose and expand the self-expanding material by at least partially removing the delivery device from the opening. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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