Delivery System for an Implantable Medical Device
AssigneeBIOTRONIK SE & Co. KG
InventorsDirk Muessig, Larry Stotts
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Abstract
A delivery tool for an implantable medical device to be introduced into a human or animal body, in particular, an implantable leadless pacemaker, the delivery tool having an outer sheath and an inner sheath, wherein the inner sheath is configured to be retractable into a lumen of the outer sheath, wherein a distal side of the inner sheath is configured to provide regions which are reversibly collapsible and non-collapsible in diameter, wherein a non-collapsible region is arranged at the distal end of the inner sheath. A system including a delivery tool and an implantable medical device is also provided.
Claims8
A system comprising:
- a delivery tool;
- and
- an implantable medical device, the implantable medical device having a distal end and an opposing proximal end with a fastener provided for interaction with a coupling element of the delivery tool,
- wherein the delivery tool comprises an outer sheath and an inner sheath, wherein the inner sheath is configured to be retractable into a lumen of the outer sheath, wherein a distal portion of the inner sheath is configured to provide regions which are reversibly collapsible and non-collapsible in diameter, wherein a non-collapsible region is arranged at the distal end of the inner sheath, and wherein an outer diameter of the non-collapsible region is greater than an inner diameter of the outer sheath such that the non-collapsible region remains outside of the outer sheath with the inner sheath in a retracted position and the collapsible region collapsed within the lumen of the outer sheath, and wherein the distal end of the inner sheath is configured to receive the implantable medical device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.