Patent ID: 8116875

Claim:
An implantable neurostimulator comprising: a housing; mounting means for securing the housing and the neurostimulator to a cranium of a patient; stimulus generating means provided within the housing for generating a therapeutic electrical stimulus; an electrode for contacting a dura of a brain of the patient; biasing means arranged between the mounting means and the electrode for biasing the electrode toward the brain of the patient and moving the electrode independent of the housing; a wire electrically connecting the pulse generating means and the electrode wherein the pulse generating means is housed in the housing mounted to the patient's cranium and the electrode is biased against the patient's brain via the biasing means, the wire adapted and configured to deliver the electrical stimulus generated by the pulse generating means to the electrode; and a stem element extending integrally from the housing and arranged between the housing and the electrode, a length of the stem setting a minimum distance between the housing and the electrode.