Patent ID: 9623233
Date: 2017-04-18
CPC Classifications: A61N

Claim:
1. A method for delivering elements to nerve tissue on different spinal levels comprising: advancing a delivery device into an epidural space, wherein the delivery device comprises: a shaft shaped for positioning within the epidural space, wherein the shaft has a first portion having a first opening in the shaft and a second portion having a distal opening and a second opening in the shaft, wherein the first portion is able to move telescopically through the distal opening so as to move the first opening beyond and relative to the second portion so as to adjust the distance between the first and second openings so as to concurrently align the first opening with a first spinal level and the second opening with a second spinal level, and wherein the shaft includes at least one lumen configured to allow passage of at least one stimulation lead through the first opening toward nerve tissue on the first spinal level and passage of at least one stimulation lead through the second opening toward nerve tissue on the second spinal level; and positioning a first stimulation lead and a second stimulation through the first and second openings at the first and second spinal levels respectively to stimulate respective nerve tissue.