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Device and implantation system for electrical stimulation of biological systems

  • US 8,798,753 B2
  • Filed: 07/02/2013
  • Issued: 08/05/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/25/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An electrode coupled to an anchoring unit comprising:

  • an electrode; and

    an anchoring unit coupled to said electrode, wherein said anchoring unit comprises;

    a pre-deployment shape; and

    a post deployment shape, wherein said post deployment shape is different than the pre-deployment shape, wherein said anchoring unit is configured to attach said electrode to human tissue by puncturing said tissue at a puncture site, foreshortening upon deployment in the tissue to pull the electrode deeper into said tissue, and, upon being pulled deeper into said tissue, sealing said puncture site.

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