SURGICAL ACCESSORY FOR USE IN IMPLANTING MEDICAL DEVICE

摘要

A surgical accessory for use in implanting a medical device in a cranial bone of a human patient may serve as a template during a craniectomy for cutting a hole in which a ferrule for a medical device may be situated and then secured. The surgical accessory is dimensioned to allow a surgeon to gauge how far above the outer surface of the cranium the medical device will extend once the ferrule has been secured to the outer bone table and the medical device has been cradled in the ferrule.

主权项

1. A surgical accessory for use in implanting a medical device in a cranial bone of a human patient comprising:
a body dimensioned to approximate the dimensions of an implantable medical device including at least a depth, an outer perimeter and a top surface of the implantable medical device; and a pair of recessions provided in a top surface of the body configured to receive a surgeon's fingers or a surgical tool for grasping the body of the surgical accessory.