Patent ID: 11964147
Assignee: MEDTRONIC, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 1:
2. The cranial implant of claim 1, wherein an inner diameter of the arcuate interior guide portion is greater than an outer diameter of a cannula, an outer diameter of the arcuate interior guide portion is configured to be greater than a diameter of the burr hole in order to provide cranial implant retention in the burr hole, the gradually decreasing distance between the inner surface and the outer surface is configured to make the arcuate interior guide portion progressively more radially flexible, and an inner diameter of the distal end of the arcuate interior guide portion is less than an outer diameter of the elongated member inserted in the cranial implant in order to retain the elongated member in the cranial implant.