Loading tool for a biostimulator
AssigneePacesetter, Inc.
InventorsDaniel Kwon, Keith Victorine, Caitlin Nycum, Kai Zhang
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Abstract
A loading tool for loading a biostimulator onto a biostimulator transport system is described. The loading tool includes a body portion having a biostimulator volume to receive the biostimulator, and a receptacle portion extending from the body portion. The receptacle portion has a receptacle wall extending around a receptacle volume to receive the biostimulator transport system. The receptacle volume is in fluid communication with the biostimulator volume. A loading slot extends laterally through the receptacle wall into the receptacle volume. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.
Claims24
A loading tool for loading a biostimulator onto a biostimulator transport system, comprising:
- a body portion having a biostimulator volume to receive the biostimulator, a receptacle portion extending from the body portion, wherein the receptacle portion has a receptacle wall extending around a receptacle volume to receive the biostimulator transport system, wherein the receptacle volume is in fluid communication with the biostimulator volume, and wherein a loading slot extends laterally through the receptacle wall into the receptacle volume.
A biostimulator system, comprising:
- a biostimulator including a housing containing circuitry, a fixation element coupled to a distal end of the housing, and an attachment feature coupled to a proximal end of the housing;
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- a loading tool including a body portion having a biostimulator volume containing the biostimulator, and a receptacle portion extending from the body portion, wherein the receptacle portion has a receptacle wall extending around a receptacle volume to receive a biostimulator transport system, wherein the receptacle volume is in fluid communication with the biostimulator volume, and wherein a loading slot extends laterally through the receptacle wall into the receptacle volume.
A method of loading a biostimulator onto a biostimulator transport system, comprising:
- inserting a tether of the biostimulator transport system into an attachment feature of the biostimulator, wherein the biostimulator is disposed in a receptacle volume of a loading tool, and wherein the tether passes laterally through a loading slot into the receptacle volume;
- unlocking a latch of the loading tool, wherein the latch is mounted on a first body portion of the loading tool, and wherein the latch fastens the first body portion to a second body portion;
- swinging the first body portion about a hinge that holds the first body portion to the second body portion to open a biostimulator volume of the loading tool;
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- removing the loading tool from the biostimulator and the biostimulator transport system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.