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Systems and methods for electrically stimulating patient tissue on or around one or more bony structures

  • US 8,768,488 B2
  • Filed: 05/21/2013
  • Issued: 07/01/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/25/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A lead anchoring assembly for providing electrical stimulation, the lead anchoring assembly comprising:

  • an orthopedic implant configured and arranged to receive a distal end of a lead body of a first lead, the orthopedic implant configured and arranged for anchoring to at least one bony structure, the orthopedic implant comprisingan orthopedic implant body having a first end, a second end opposite to the first end, a first side, a second side opposite to the first side, a top surface, and a bottom surface opposite to the top surface,at least one mounting region disposed along the orthopedic implant body, the at least one first mounting region configured and arranged for anchoring the orthopedic implant to the at least one bony structure,a lead anchoring region disposed along the orthopedic implant body, the lead anchoring region configured and arranged for receiving the first lead and for fastening the first lead to the orthopedic implant, anda first lead lumen defined in the lead anchoring region and forming a continuous opening extending between the opposing first and second sides of the orthopedic implant body, the first lead lumen configured and arranged to receive the first lead.

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