Patent ID: 8095223
Filing Date: 2012-01-10
Classification: A61M,A61N

Abstract:
1. A delivery apparatus for an electrically stimulating catheter comprising: a reel dispenser having an axle, a base portion and a rotating portion rotatable relative to the base portion, the base portion and rotating portion coupled at the axle; a catheter disposed within the reel dispenser, the catheter coiled around the axle and having a proximal region and a distal region; a plug housed within the axle; a first conductive wire moveably disposed within the catheter, the first conductive wire having a proximal region and a distal region, the proximal region of the first conductive wire in electrical connection with the plug; and a second conductive wire having a proximal region and a distal region, the proximal region of the second conductive wire plugged into an electrical stimulation source and the distal region of the second conductive wire extending through the axle in electrical communication with the plug, the second conductive wire free to rotate inside the axle as the rotating portion is rotated relative to the base portion.