Abstract: An implantable medical device (IMD) charger apparatus may include an IMD charger including a housing defining a bottom surface, a primary coil located within the housing, and a fastener on the bottom surface of the housing, and a charger support, mounted on the IMD charger, including a bottom surface, and movable between a first state and a second state. The IMD charger and the charger support may be respectively configured such that the IMD charger fastener is above the charger support bottom surface when the charger support is in the first state and the IMD charger fastener is at or below the charger support bottom surface when the charger support is in the second state.

Abstract: An interface for coupling with a percutaneously implantable lead is described. The interface includes a rotation based system to engage the terminal connector of the lead. The interface includes a brake which retains the lead in the lead port through friction, but allows the lead to exit the lead port if sufficient force is applied. The interface can be coupled with the lead without removing a stylet or stiffening wire from the lead.

Abstract: An interface for coupling with a percutaneously implantable lead is described. The interface includes a rotation based system to engage the terminal connector of the lead. The interface includes a brake which retains the lead in the lead port through friction, but allows the lead to exit the lead port if sufficient force is applied. The interface can be coupled with the lead without removing a stylet or stiffening wire from the lead.

Abstract: A medical instrument, particularly a surgical instrument with a displaceable push/pull activation tube arranged on the proximal end of a hand manipulator, that also contains an inner tube for retaining a fixed jaw, for activating remote tool parts on the distal end, in which a force-limiting device limits the transmission of force to the remote tool parts from the hand manipulator via an extendable coil spring. The medical instrument optionally features a fiber scope to enable optical viewing to locate the implanted device for removal as well as a saline flush capability. The instrument has jaws that are cylindrical in shape to facilitate grasping an implanted cylindrical device.