Patent ID: 7643887

Claim:
A method for laparoscopically implanting a lead in a digestive organ comprising the steps of: inserting a guidewire to an attachment site on the digestive organ so that the guidewire extends through a wall of the digestive organ between an internal cavity of the organ and an outer surface of the organ; providing a lead comprising: an anchor; a guidewire lumen including a distal through hole; and an electrode; inserting the guidewire through the through hole and through the guidewire lumen of the lead, and advancing the lead over the guidewire so that the lead extends through the wall of the digestive organ; and attaching the lead to the organ with the anchor extending along the outer surface of the organ so that the lead is implanted extending through the organ with the electrode in electrical contact with the tissue of the organ between the outer surface of the digestive organ and the internal cavity of the digestive organ.