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US 7,747,335 B2Granted
Implantable medical device having pre-implant exoskeleton
AssigneeSynecor LLC
InventorMichael S. Williams
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Abstract
Methods and apparatus for implanting a medical device within a living body. The apparatus includes an elongate sleeve positionable with a living body, such as within a blood vessel, and a medical device insertable into the sleeve. During use, the sleeve is retained within the body, and the medical device is sealed within the sleeve. The sleeve substantially avoids biological growth onto the medical device, and thus permits removal of the medical device independently of the sleeve.
Claims12
An implantable intravascular medical system including:
- a flexible elongate sleeve proportioned and adapted for chronic implantation within a blood vessel of a patient and having an exterior surface and an interior surface defining an interior volume;
- an implantable intravascular medical device releasably positionable within the interior volume of the sleeve after implanting the sleeve in the patient, the implantable intravascular medical device including a housing and a pulse generator sealed within the housing, wherein the sleeve is separably implantable from the implantable intravascular medical device;
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- an anchor on the exterior surface of the flexible elongate sleeve, the anchor expendable into contact with an inner wall of the blood vessel.
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An implantable intravascular medical system including:
- a flexible elongate sleeve proportioned and adapted for chronic implantation within a blood vessel of a patient and having an exterior surface, an interior surface defining an interior volume, and at least one opening into the interior volume;
- an implantable intravascular medical device insertable into the interior volume of the sleeve through the at least one opening, the implantable intravascular medical device including a housing and a pulse generator sealed within the housing;
- at least one seal positioned to seal the flexible elongate sleeve against passage of fluid into the interior volume;
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- an anchor on the exterior surface of the flexible elongate sleeve, the anchor expandable into contact with an inner wall of the blood vessel.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.