Lead implantation method

• Main Authors: GLASBERG, OFER, POLICKER, SHAI, SHARMA, VIRENDER K, GOODE, PAUL V
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 09.06.2016
• Subjects: ELECTROTHERAPY; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; MAGNETOTHERAPY; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; RADIATION THERAPY; ULTRASOUND THERAPY

A method of laparoscopically implanting an electrically stimulating lead proximate the lower esophageal sphincter (LES) of a patient includes delivering the lead through a port of a laparoscope inserted into the abdominal cavity of the patient through an incision in the abdominal wall. The stimulati...