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Overwrap for nerve stimulation system

  • US 8,965,499 B2
  • Filed: 04/29/2011
  • Issued: 02/24/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/29/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A nerve overwrap for an implantable nerve stimulation system, the nerve overwrap comprising:

  • multiple helixes including two or more electrically active helixes and an electrically inactive helix, each of the multiple helixes being configured to substantially surround a nerve of a patient in a helical configuration having more than one turn; and

    a sheet of electrically insulative material having an electrical resistivity of from about 108 ohm*m to about 1020 ohm*m, wherein the sheet has dimensions configured to wrap substantially around the multiple helixes and around the nerve of the patient.

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