Patent ID: 8380323
Filing Date: 2013-02-19
Classification: A61B,A61M,A61N

Abstract:
1. A device for securing a medical lead within a cranial hole, comprising: a socket element adapted to be secured within a burr hole of the skull of a patient, said socket element having a lead passage arranged to have the medical lead pass therethrough, said lead passage delimited by passage walls including at least one resilient partition wall extending from an inner wall of said socket element, and said socket element having at least one inner compartment delimited by said at least one resilient partition wall; a cap element having an upper portion arranged to mate with said socket element, said upper portion having at least one protruding member arranged to co-operate with said at least one inner compartment when placed into said at least one inner compartment so as to apply a radial pressure on said at least one resilient partition wall such that the medical lead passing through said lead passage is fixated in said lead passage by a resulting radial pressing force, wherein said resilient partition wall is located between said lead passage and said inner compartment, and when said protruding member is placed into said inner compartment, a radial inward pressure is exerted on said resilient partition wall.