US 2019/0290323 A1 · LOADING TOOL FOR A BIOSTIMULATOR

Abstract

A loading tool for loading a biostimulator onto a biostimulator delivery system is described. The loading tool includes a first body portion and a second body portion connected by a hinge. A latch is mounted on the first body portion, and the latch can be locked to fasten the first body portion to the second body portion. A biostimulator can be mounted in the loading tool, and a tether of a biostimulator delivery system can be inserted through a funnel in the loading tool to engage the biostimulator. An operator can use only one hand to unlock the latch, open the loading tool, and remove the loading tool from the biostimulator prior to delivering the biostimulator into a patient. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.

Claims21

Dependent claims

A loading tool for loading a biostimulator onto a biostimulator delivery system, comprising:

a first body portion;
a latch mounted on the first body portion;
and
a second body portion hinged to the first body portion and having a keeper to receive the latch.

1 more element

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

16/359,703Filed 20 Mar 2019

Priority

21 Mar 2018

Published

26 Sep 2019

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification8 codes

A61B 17/3468
Trocars; Puncturing needles: for implanting or removing devices, e.g. prostheses, implants, seeds, wires
A61N 1/372
For stimulation: arrangements in connection with the implantation of stimulators
A61B 2017/00292
For minimally invasive surgery: mounted on or guided by flexible, e.g. catheter-like, means
A61B 2017/00477
Surgical instruments, devices or methods: coupling

Loading tool for a biostimulator

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Loading tool for a biostimulator

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Abstract

Claims21