US Patent Issued on July 15 for "DBS lead fixation devices having a clamp and/or peripheral lead retention grooves" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,815, issued on July 15.

"DBS lead fixation devices having a clamp and/or peripheral lead retention grooves" was invented by Jerzy Roman Sochor (Sunnyvale, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Lead fixation devices for mounting at a cranial burr hole and securing a medical lead implanted into a brain through the burr hole. One embodiment comprises a clamp having centrally disposed clamping walls activated by a plunger having actuating tabs. The clamping walls may be an integral part of a device base, or a separate part seated in a central opening of the base. The clamp is activated by pressing the actuating tabs of the plunger into a...