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US 7,218,970 B2Granted
System for medical lead tunneling
AssigneeCardiac Pacemakers, Inc.
InventorsGregory R. Ley, Yongxing Zhang
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Abstract
An apparatus includes an elongated tube and an elongated rod having a holding member on one end, the holding member is adapted to hold an end of a lead such that the end of the lead can be pulled through the elongated tube resulting in minimal forces on the lead.
Claims20
An apparatus comprising:
- an electrode lead;
- an elongated tube including a lubricant-coated internal surface and having a peel-away structure;
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- an elongated rod having a holding member on one end and dimensioned to fit within the elongated tube, the holding member adapted to hold an end of the electrode lead such that the end of the electrode lead can be pulled through the elongated tube.
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A subcutaneous tunneling system comprising:
- an electrode lead;
- an elongated tube;
- a tunneling rod extending from a handle end to a tip end, wherein the elongated tube is mountable around the tunneling rod, the tunneling rod for inserting the elongated tube subcutaneously;
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- a holding member removably attachable to said tunneling rod and adapted to hold an end of the electrode lead to pull the electrode lead through the elongated tube, and an interchangeable tunneling tip removably attachable to said tunneling rod and having generally tapered tip.
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An apparatus comprising:
- an electrode lead;
- an elongated, hollow tube having an inner bore diameter dimensioned to be larger than an outer diameter of the electrode lead, the elongated hollow tube for providing a tunnel within a body;
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- an elongated member having a lead holding member on one end and a handle on a second end, the elongated rod dimensioned to fit within the elongated tube such that the lead holding member extends from a first end of the elongated tube and the handle extends from a second end of the elongated tube, the lead holding member adapted to hold an end of the electrode lead located outside the first end of the elongated tube such that the end of the electrode lead can be pulled though the elongated tube to exit on the second end of the elongated tube, a tunneling rod sized to fit in said inner bore and having a tapered tunneling tip having a portion with a larger outer diameter than said bore inner diameter.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.