Patent ID: 9675796
Date: 2017-06-13
CPC Classifications: A61B,A61C,A61N,Y10T

Claim:
1. A method comprising: using an oral surgical guide generated using CT scan data and comprising (a) an arch portion configured to be placed on a dental arch of a subject, and (b) an extension portion extending from the arch portion, and shaped to define a guide hole to determine (i) a location of a greater palatine foramen of a palate of an oral cavity of the subject, and (ii) a suitable angle for entering a greater palatine canal; inserting a steerable implantable neural stimulator at the suitable angle into the greater palatine foramen of the subject, through the hole in the surgical guide; and advancing the stimulator through the greater palatine canal of the subject to a sphenopalatine ganglion (SPG) of the subject.