- Patent Title: Apparatus and methods for placing leads using direct visualization
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Application No.: US15175601Application Date: 2016-06-07
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Publication No.: US10368910B2Publication Date: 2019-08-06
- Inventor: Christian S. Eversull , Stephen A. Leeflang , Nicholas J. Mourlas
- Applicant: Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Sunnyvale
- Assignee: INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.
- Current Assignee: INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Sunnyvale
- Agency: Haynes and Boone, LLP
- Main IPC: A61B1/04
- IPC: A61B1/04 ; A61B17/34 ; A61B1/00 ; A61B1/005 ; A61B1/018 ; A61B1/313 ; A61N1/05 ; A61B1/05 ; A61B17/00 ; A61M25/09 ; A61M25/01 ; A61B90/00

Abstract:
A system for delivering a lead comprises an imaging device comprising a proximal end and an expandable distal end having an inner balloon and an outer balloon. The outer balloon is concentric with the inner balloon. The expandable distal end includes a channel defined between the inner balloon and the outer balloon. The imaging device further comprises a lumen extending between the proximal and distal ends and an imaging assembly for imaging through the expandable distal end. The system further comprises an elongate rail comprising a proximal end and a distal end positionable through the lumen of the imaging device and the channel. The elongate rail comprises a fixation element on the distal end. The system also comprises a lead comprising a proximal end, a distal end introduced through the lumen of the imaging device guided by the elongated rail, and one or more electrodes on the distal end.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160287287A1 Apparatus And Methods For Placing Leads Using Direct Visualization Public/Granted day:2016-10-06
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