Systems for providing stimulation with an implantable system control unit
and for optimally positioning that system control unit include a system
control unit configured to provide a stimulus to a patient with a member
attached to the system control unit for pulling the system control unit
into position within the patient. Methods of optimally positioning the
implantable system control unit within a patient such that the system
control unit is proximal to target tissue that is to be stimulated by the
system control unit include threading a member through a patient's body
using a needle, the member passing proximal to the target tissue and
being attached to the system control unit, and pulling the system control
unit into place with the member.