Patent ID: 8369965

Claim:
A method for implanting a first column of spinal cord stimulation electrodes and a second column of spinal cord stimulation electrodes approximately parallel with one another in an epidural space, each of the first and second columns including a corresponding plurality of electrodes spaced apart from one another along a length of the corresponding column by at least one corresponding insulative spacer, the first column of electrodes being coupled to a first body in proximity to a distal tip of the first body, the second column of electrodes being coupled to a second body in proximity to a distal tip of the second body, the first body extending from a proximal connector thereof to the first column, and the second body extending from a proximal connector thereof to the second column and the method comprising: advancing the first and second bodies, together, into an epidural space and alongside a spinal cord, the first and second columns being disposed side-by-side during the advancing; and forcing the first column of electrodes and the second column of electrodes apart from one another by applying pressure to expand an expandable member that is disposed in between the first and second columns.