# US 11,027,119 B2 · Systems and methods for implanting a medical device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,027,119 B2 - Document ID: US11027119B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/189,891 - Filed: 2018-11-13 - Published: 2019-04-18 - Granted: 2021-06-08 - Earliest claimed: 2014-09-09 - Assignees: Pacesetter, Inc. - Applicants: Pacesetter, Inc. - Inventors: Thomas B. Eby; Alan Klenk - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11027119B2 ## CPC - A61N 1/05: for implantation or insertion into the body, e.g. heart electrode (A61N1/06 takes precedence) - A61N 1/37205: {Microstimulators, e.g. implantable through a cannula} - A61N 1/3756: {Casings with electrodes thereon, e.g. leadless stimulators} - A61B 17/3468: {for implanting or removing devices, e.g. prostheses, implants, seeds, wires (devices for implanting seeds A61M37/0069)} - A61B 2017/00473: {Distal part, e.g. tip or head (A61B2017/00464 takes precedence)} - A61M 25/0082: {Catheter tip comprising a tool} - A61N 2001/058: {Fixing tools} - A61N: ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; RADIATION THERAPY; ULTRASOUND THERAPY (measurement of bioelectric currents A61B; surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body A61B18/00; anaesthetic apparatus in general A61M; incandescent lamps H01K; infrared radiators for heating H05B) - A61B: DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (usefulness limited to only animals A61D) - A61M: DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY (introducing media into or onto the bodies of animals A61D7/00; means for inserting tampons A61F13/26; devices for administering food or medicines orally A61J; containers for collecting, storing or administering blood or medical fluids A61J1/05); DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY (surgery A61B; chemical aspects of surgical articles A61L); DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR {(Electrotherapy, e.g. producing anaesthesia by the use of alternating or intermittent currents A61N1/36021)} ## Abstract In at least one embodiment, a system and method for implanting an implantable medical device (IMD) within a patient may include an IMD including a housing and an attachment member, and a delivery catheter including a tethering snare that is configured to be selectively extended out of the delivery catheter and retracted into the delivery catheter. In at least one embodiment, a system and method for implanting an implantable medical device (IMD) within a patient may include an IMD including a housing and an attachment member, wherein the attachment member includes a central passage connected to a connection chamber, and a delivery catheter including first and second tethers that may be moved outwardly from and retracted into the delivery catheter. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A system for implanting an implantable medical device (IMD) within a patient, the system comprising: a delivery catheter including first and second tethers that may be moved outwardly from and retracted into the delivery catheter, wherein the first tether includes a protuberance at a first distal end, and wherein the second tether includes an elongated interfering segment at a second distal end; and an IMD including a housing and an attachment member, wherein the attachment member includes a neck extending from the housing, and an expanded head connected to the neck and having a central passage connected to a connection chamber within the expanded head, wherein the connection chamber is wider than the central passage and longer than the protuberance such that the protuberance is lodged within the connection chamber to securely tether the IMD to the delivery catheter when the elongated interfering segment is moved outwardly from the delivery catheter and positioned in the central passage, and wherein the protuberance is configured to dislodge from the connection chamber when the elongated interfering segment is retracted into the delivery catheter and removed from the central passage. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the elongated interfering segment is devoid of any protuberance, and wherein a combined diameter of the protuberance and the elongated interfering segment is greater than a passage diameter of the central passage. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein a protuberance diameter of the protuberance is less than a passage diameter of the central passage. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The system of claim 3, wherein a tether diameter of the elongated interfering segment of the second tether is less than either of the passage diameter and the protuberance diameter. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The system of claim 4, wherein a combined diameter of the tether diameter and the protuberance diameter is greater than the passage diameter. ### Claim 6 A method for implanting an implantable medical device (IMD) within a patient, the method comprising: securing the IMD to a delivery catheter by positioning a first tether of the delivery catheter within a central passage of an attachment member of the IMD, wherein the attachment member includes a neck extending from a housing of the IMD, an expanded head connected to the neck, and a central passage connected to a connection chamber within the expanded head, and wherein the connection chamber is wider than the central passage and longer than a protuberance such that positioning the first tether within the central passage lodges the protuberance within the connection chamber; and releasing the IMD from the delivery catheter by removing the first tether from the central passage, wherein removing the first tether from the central passage allows the protuberance to dislodge from the connection chamber and to be removed from the central passage. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The method of claim 6, wherein a protuberance diameter of the protuberance is less than a passage diameter of the central passage. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The method of claim 7, wherein a tether diameter of the first tether is less than either of the passage diameter and the protuberance diameter, and wherein a combined diameter of the tether diameter and the protuberance diameter is greater than the passage diameter. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the neck is pivotally secured to the housing. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the attachment member includes at least one torque recess. ### Claim 11 (depends on 6) The system of claim 6, wherein the neck is pivotally secured to the housing. ### Claim 12 (depends on 6) The system of claim 6, wherein the attachment member includes at least one torque recess. ### Claim 13 (depends on 6) The system of claim 6, wherein the first tether is devoid of any protuberance, and wherein a combined diameter of the protuberance and the first tether is greater than a passage diameter of the central passage.