Adhesive-based anchoring for implantable medical devices
AssigneeBIOTRONIK SE & Co. KG
InventorsBRIAN M. TAFF, ERIC AUSTIN, ANDREAS BECKER
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Abstract
A medical device delivery system contains an implantable medical device and a delivery device for delivering the implantable medical device to an implantation site within a body of a patient. The medical device delivery system contains a reservoir for accommodating an adhesive in a liquid state. The medical device delivery system is configured to discharge the liquid adhesive from the reservoir so as to bond the implantable medical device to tissue of the patient at the implantation site.
Claims15
A medical device delivery system, comprising:
- an implantable medical device being an intracardiac pacemaker;
- a delivery device for delivering said implantable medical device to an implantation site within a body of a patient;
- and
- a reservoir for accommodating a liquid adhesive in a liquid state, wherein the medical device delivery system is configured to discharge the liquid adhesive from said reservoir so as to bond said implantable medical device to tissue of the patient at the implantation site.
An implantable medical device, comprising:
- a reservoir for accommodating an adhesive in a liquid state, wherein the implantable medical device is configured to discharge the liquid adhesive from said reservoir.
A method for bonding an implantable medical device to tissue of a patient at an implantation site using a medical device delivery system, the method comprises the steps of:
- positioning the implantable medical device at the implantation site using a delivery device;
- and
- discharging a liquid adhesive out of a reservoir to bond the implantable medical device to the tissue, wherein the implantable medical device is an intracardiac pacemaker.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.