Implantable lead suture sleeve
AssigneeInControl, Inc.
InventorsJohn M. Adams, Clifton A. Alferness
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Abstract
A suture sleeve fixes an implanted cardiac device lead to body tissue beneath the skin of a patient. The suture sleeve includes a base, and suture holes permitting the suture sleeve to be suture to the body tissue. A flexible strap member extends from the base for encircling the lead and includes at least one ratchet tooth. A pawl within the base lockingly engages the flexible strap ratchet tooth after the strap is wrapped about the lead.
Claims11
A suture sleeve for gripping the body of an implanted lead associated with an implanted cardiac device for fixation of the lead with respect to body tissue the suture sleeve comprising:
- a base;
- securing means for securing the suture sleeve to body tissue;
- a flexible strap extending from the base;
- receiving means carried by the base for receiving the flexible strap and permitting the strap to pass therethrough;
- the strap defining a confining perimeter when encircling the lead body and received by the receiving means;
- locking means for locking the flexible strap with respect to the receiving means;
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- limit means for limiting a locked confining perimeter defined by the flexible strap to a predetermined minimum dimension.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.