Stuart R. MacDonald;Madeline A. Mannion;John B. Horrigan;Eric H. Bonde;Phillip C. Falkner
发明人:
Eric H. Bonde,Phillip C. Falkner,John B. Horrigan,Stuart R. MacDonald,Madeline A. Mannion
申请号：
US13525560
公开号：
US20120323254A1
申请日:
2012.06.18
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2012
代理人:
摘要：
Assemblies and methods provide for implantation of multiple medical leads to a defined space within the body, such as the epidural space, through a single entry. A catheter having multiple lumens or alternatively a single oblong lumen may be used. A distal end of the catheter enters the defined space through the single entry such that the distal ends of the multiple lumens or the oblong lumen are present in the defined space. Medical leads are introduced through the multiple lumens or the oblong lumen into the defined space. In some cases, the distal end of the catheter may be deflectable to direct the medical leads within the defined space. In other cases, sheaths may be present within each lumen of the catheter where the sheaths may be extended into the defined space and deflect to direct the medical leads that are being passed through a lumen of the sheaths.
