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US 2018/0021572 A1Published application
Receptacle for pacemaker lead
AssigneeAtaCor Medical, Inc.
InventorsSean McGeehan, Alan Marcovecchio, Rick Sanghera
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Abstract
A lead receptacle having a lumen configured to traverse from an outer side of an outermost intercostal muscle to an inner side of an innermost intercostal muscle of an intercostal space of a patient and to support a lead traversing through the lumen. The lumen being configured to support one or more cardiac leads traversing through the intercostal space.
Claims20
A lead receptacle comprising:
- a lumen configured to traverse from an outer side of an outermost intercostal muscle to an inner side of an innermost intercostal muscle of an intercostal space of a patient and to support a lead traversing through the lumen, wherein the lumen is configured to support one or more cardiac leads traversing through the intercostal space and is configured to be fixed in the intercostal space.
A method of insulating intercostal muscle from a cardiac lead comprising:
- inserting a lead receptacle into the intercostal space of a patient, the lead receptacle comprising a lumen configured to traverse from an outermost surface of an outermost intercostal muscle to the innermost surface of the innermost intercostal muscle of the patient and to support a lead traversing through the lumen;
- and,
- fixing the lead receptacle in place in the intercostal space of the patient.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.