Implantable monitor introducer design features
AssigneeCardiac Pacemakers, Inc.
InventorsKathryn Cornelius, David P. Stieper
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Abstract
Various aspects of the present disclosure are directed toward introducer apparatuses, systems, and methods for positioning an implantable medical device within a patient. The introducer may include a housing having a proximal opening and a distal opening and configured to position the implantable medical device adjacent the distal opening prior to ejection and an ejection rod configured to pass through the proximal opening and eject the implantable medical device from the housing through the distal opening of the housing.
Claims17
An introducer apparatus for positioning an implantable medical device within a patient, the introducer apparatus comprising:
- a housing having a proximal opening and a distal opening and an intermediate portion sized to contain the implantable medical device, the housing having a clip extending from the housing into the intermediate portion, the clip configured to hold the implantable medical device within the housing, and the intermediate portion including a stop extending from the housing and into the intermediate portion, the stop configured to position the implantable medical device adjacent the distal opening prior to ejection;
- an ejection rod configured to pass through the proximal opening and eject the implantable medical device from the housing through the distal opening of the housing;
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- an inserter arranged at and extending from a distal portion of the housing, wherein the stop is configured to hold the implantable medical device adjacent the inserter and release the implantable medical device in response to a force applied by the ejection rod.
An introducer apparatus for positioning an implantable medical device within a patient, the introducer apparatus comprising:
- a housing having a proximal opening and a distal opening and an intermediate portion sized to contain the implantable medical device, the housing having a clip extending into the intermediate portion configured to hold the implantable medical device within the housing, and the intermediate portion including a stop configured to position the implantable medical device adjacent the distal opening prior to ejection;
- an ejection rod including two laterally opposing surfaces tapering inwardly toward a longitudinally axis of the ejection rod and configured to pass through the proximal opening and eject the implantable medical device from the housing through the distal opening of the housing;
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- an inserter arranged at and extending from a distal portion of the housing, wherein the stop is configured to hold the implantable medical device adjacent the inserter and release the implantable medical device in response to a force applied by the ejection rod.
A method comprising:
- arranging an implantable medical device within an introducer, the introducer including:
- a housing having a proximal opening and a distal opening and an intermediate portion, the housing having a clip extending from the housing into the intermediate portion, the clip configured to hold the implantable medical device within the housing, and the intermediate portion including a stop extending from the housing and into the intermediate portion, the stop configured to position the implantable medical device adjacent the distal opening prior to ejection;
- an ejection rod configured to pass through the proximal opening;
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- an inserter arranged at and extending from a distal portion of the housing, wherein the stop is configured to hold the implantable medical device adjacent the inserter and release the implantable medical device in response to a force applied by the ejection rod;
- arranging the implantable medical device to contact the stop adjacent to the distal opening;
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- passing the implantable medical device over the stop and ejecting the implantable medical device from the housing through the distal opening of the housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.