Patent ID: 11969603
Assignee: ADVANCED BIONICS AG
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 17:
18. A stylet comprising:
a body that is constructed of a material that does not plastically deform as a result of an inward flexing of the body and that is configured to be encapsulated within a lumen of an electrode lead so as to maintain the electrode lead in a substantially linear configuration in an absence of a flexure force on the electrode lead;
a plurality of slots distributed along the body and configured to bias the body, in a presence of the flexure force, to flex inwardly on a first side of the body, wherein the first side of the body closer is to a plurality of electrodes on the electrode lead than is a second side of the body opposite the first side; and
an orientation retainer coupled to the body and configured to interface with the electrode lead to maintain, while the body is encapsulated within the lumen, the first side of the body closer to the plurality of electrodes than the second side of the body.