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US 2019/0167981 A1Published application
Delivery system for cardiac pacing
AssigneeAtaCor Medical, Inc.
InventorsRick SANGHERA, Alan MARCOVECCHIO, Sean MCGEEHAN
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Abstract
A delivery device for installing a medical device in a patient comprising a body portion having a proximal end and a distal end, the distal end having a chisel shaped tip, a receptacle disposed in the distal end of the body portion for receiving a medical device for implanting in the patient, a handle disposed at the proximal end of the body portion for facilitating advancement of the proximal end of the body portion into the patient.
Claims21
1-24. (canceled)
A method of delivering a lead for cardiac pacing comprising:
- advancing into a patient a lead including an accelerometer configured to facilitate delivery of the lead to a desired location within the patient;
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- determining a location of a distal end of the lead in the patient utilizing the accelerometer.
A cardiac pacing system comprising:
- a lead configured to electrically couple with a pulse generator and to transmit therapeutic electric pulses to a patient, the at least one lead comprising:
- at least one accelerometer disposed on the lead and configured to facilitate delivery of the lead to a desired location within the patient.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.