Fixation Sleeve and Assembly Comprising Such Sleeve
AssigneeBIOTRONIK SE & Co. KG
InventorRoland Eichberg
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Abstract
A fixation sleeve for an implantable lead including a body forming a wall and an inner lumen configured to receive an implantable lead. An outer surface of the body includes at least one guide element configured to receive and clamp a thread and/or the outer surface of the body includes in circumferential direction at least one first segment and at least one second segment, wherein the segments are configured to be wrapped by a thread. Further, a respective assembly including such fixation sleeve and a lead and/or a thread is described.
Claims15
A fixation sleeve for an implantable lead comprising a body forming a wall and an inner lumen configured to receive an implantable lead, wherein an outer surface of the body comprises at least one guide element configured to receive and clamp a thread.
A fixation sleeve for an implantable lead comprising a body forming a wall and an inner lumen configured to receive an implantable lead, wherein the body comprises in circumferential direction at least one first segment and at least one second segment, wherein the segments are configured to be wrapped by a thread, and wherein the segments are attached to the body such that the at least one first segment or the at least one second segment is pressed against the implantable lead when the thread is tightened to fix the implantable lead in the fixation sleeve.
The fixation sleeve of claim Z, wherein the at least one first segment and the at least one second segment are arranged alternating in circumferential direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.