Systems and methods for implanting a medical device
AssigneePacesetter, Inc.
InventorsThomas B. Eby, Alan Klenk
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Abstract
In at least one embodiment, a system and method for implanting an implantable medical device (IMD) within a patient may include an IMD including a housing and an attachment member, and a delivery catheter including a tethering snare that is configured to be selectively extended out of the delivery catheter and retracted into the delivery catheter. In at least one embodiment, a system and method for implanting an implantable medical device (IMD) within a patient may include an IMD including a housing and an attachment member, wherein the attachment member includes a central passage connected to a connection chamber, and a delivery catheter including first and second tethers that may be moved outwardly from and retracted into the delivery catheter.
Claims6
A system for implanting an implantable medical device (IMD) within a patient, the system comprising:
- an IMD including a housing and an attachment member;
- and
- a delivery catheter including a tethering snare that is configured to be selectively extended out of the delivery catheter and retracted into the delivery catheter, wherein the tethering snare is configured to fit over at least a portion of the attachment member in a fully extended position, and wherein the tethering snare is configured to securely tether to the attachment member in a retracted position, wherein the attachment member comprises:
- a neck extending from the housing;
- and
- an expanded head connected to the neck,
- wherein the tethering snare is configured to fit over the expanded head in the fully extended positon, and wherein the tethering snare is configured to securely constrict around the neck proximate to the expanded head in the retracted position.
A method for implanting an implantable medical device (IMD) within a patient, the method comprising:
- extending a tethering snare out of a delivery catheter to fit over a portion of an attachment member of the IMD;
- moving the extended tethering snare over the portion of the attachment member to a connecting position;
- retracting the tethering snare into the delivery catheter to securely connect the tethering snare to the IMD at the connecting position;
- releasing the IMD from the delivery catheter by extending the tethering snare out of the delivery catheter so that the tethering snare disengages from the connecting position, and removing the tethering snare from the attachment member;
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- securely mating at least one torque recess of the IMD or the delivery catheter with at least one torque key of the other of the IMD or the delivery catheter during a docking operation.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.