Delivery System with Pacing Element
AssigneeMedtronic Vascular Galway
InventorsMark Casley, Declan Costello
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Abstract
Medical device delivery assemblies are disclosed. The assembly may include a catheter-based delivery system. The assembly may include a pacing element to pace a patient's heart before, during, or after a procedure. The pacing element may be a detachable, implanting pacing element. The pacing element may be an implantable pacemaker and the implantable pacemaker may be disposed on a catheter-based delivery system. The assembly may include a prosthetic heart valve with one or more pacing elements on it. The pacing element may include a pacing strip or strips. These strips may be conductive or insulative. These strips may prevent, treat, or correct abnormal electrical communication in a heart.
Claims20
A medical device delivery assembly, the assembly comprising:
- a catheter-based delivery system having
- an electrical pacing element at a tip region of the catheter-based delivery system;
- wherein the delivery system is configured to receive a biocompatible material.
A method for providing a medical device and pacing a heart, the method comprising:
- introducing an assembly into a heart, the assembly comprising:
- a delivery system having proximal and distal ends and including an inner sheath and an outer sheath,
- a biocompatible material disposed the inner sheath in a collapsed state and configured to expand to an expanded state,
- a pacing element positioned proximate a tip region of the delivery system,
- pacing the heart,
- retracting the outer sheath,
- implanting the biocompatible material, and
- removing the delivery system from the heart.
An assembly for introduction into a heart, the assembly comprising:
- a delivery system having proximal and distal portions;
- a heart valve configured to collapse and expand;
- and
- an implantable pacemaker;
- wherein the delivery system comprises an inner sheath and an outer sheath;
- wherein the inner sheath and outer sheath are configured to be retractable,
- wherein the heart valve is disposed on the inner sheath in a collapsed state,
- wherein the implantable pacemaker is disposed on the distal portion of the delivery system,
- wherein the implantable pacemaker is configured to electrically pace the heart during and after implantation of the heart valve,
- wherein the implantable pacemaker is configured to contact a ventricle of a heart and separate from the delivery system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.