Seal for use with medical device and system
    1.
    发明授权
    Seal for use with medical device and system 失效
    用于医疗器械和系统的密封

    公开(公告)号:US07412290B2

    公开(公告)日:2008-08-12

    申请号:US10968305

    申请日:2004-10-20

    IPC分类号: A61N1/372

    CPC分类号: A61N1/0573 A61N1/0565

    摘要: A seal adapted for use with medical devices is provided with a lead having a distal tip electrode. The distal tip of the lead is adapted for implantation on or about the heart and for connection to a system for monitoring or stimulating cardiac activity. The lead can include a fixation helix for securing the electrode to cardiac tissue. The lead assembly can alternatively include an open lumen lead tip. A seal is provided within the lead tip assembly such that the seal is expanded to prevent or limit further entry of fluids through the lead tip. The seal includes an expandable matrix, such as a hydrogel. The seal is formed on or within the lead when the lead and the seal comes into contact with a fluid and expands. The seal is also formed as a plug which is deployed through the medical device, and expands as the plug absorbs fluid. A housing incorporating the seal can also be attached to a portion of the medical device to provide the seal.

    摘要翻译: 适于与医疗装置一起使用的密封件设置有具有远端尖端电极的引线。 引线的远端适于植入在心脏上或其周围,并用于连接到用于监测或刺激心脏活动的系统。 引线可以包括用于将电极固定到心脏组织的固定螺旋。 导线组件可以替代地包括开放的管腔引线端头。 在引线端头组件内设置密封件,使得密封件被膨胀以防止或限制流体进一步通过引线头进入。 密封件包括可膨胀基质,例如水凝胶。 当铅和密封件与流体接触并膨胀时,密封件形成在引线上或内部。 密封件还形成为通过医疗装置展开的塞子,并且当塞子吸收流体时膨胀。 结合密封件的壳体也可以附接到医疗装置的一部分以提供密封。

    Sealing assembly for intravenous lead
    2.
    发明授权
    Sealing assembly for intravenous lead 有权
    密封组件用于静脉引导

    公开(公告)号:US06901288B2

    公开(公告)日:2005-05-31

    申请号:US09970195

    申请日:2001-10-02

    IPC分类号: A61N1/05 A61N1/362

    CPC分类号: A61N1/0573 A61N1/0565

    摘要: A seal adapted for use with medical devices is provided with a lead having a distal tip electrode. The distal tip of the lead is adapted for implantation on or about the heart and for connection to a system for monitoring or stimulating cardiac activity. The lead can include a fixation helix for securing the electrode to cardiac tissue. The lead assembly can alternatively include an open lumen lead tip. A seal is provided within the lead tip assembly such that the seal is expanded to prevent or limit further entry of fluids through the lead tip. The seal includes an expandable matrix, such as a hydrogel. The seal is formed on or within the lead when the lead and the seal comes into contact with a fluid and expands. The seal is also formed as a plug which is deployed through the medical device, and expands as the plug absorbs fluid. A housing incorporating the seal can also be attached to a portion of the medical device to provide the seal.

    摘要翻译: 适于与医疗装置一起使用的密封件设置有具有远端尖端电极的引线。 引线的远端适于植入在心脏上或其周围,并用于连接到用于监测或刺激心脏活动的系统。 引线可以包括用于将电极固定到心脏组织的固定螺旋。 导线组件可以替代地包括开放的管腔引线端头。 在引线端头组件内设置密封件,使得密封件被膨胀以防止或限制流体进一步通过引线头进入。 密封件包括可膨胀基质,例如水凝胶。 当铅和密封件与流体接触并膨胀时,密封件形成在引线上或内部。 密封件还形成为通过医疗装置展开的塞子,并且当塞子吸收流体时膨胀。 结合密封件的壳体也可以附接到医疗装置的一部分以提供密封。

    Expandable seal for use with medical device and system
    3.
    发明授权
    Expandable seal for use with medical device and system 有权
    用于医疗设备和系统的可扩展密封件

    公开(公告)号:US06240321B1

    公开(公告)日:2001-05-29

    申请号:US09133310

    申请日:1998-08-12

    IPC分类号: A61N105

    CPC分类号: A61N1/0573 A61N1/0565

    摘要: A seal adapted for use with medical devices is provided with a lead having a distal tip electrode. The distal tip of the lead is adapted for implantation on or about the heart and for connection to a system for monitoring or stimulating cardiac activity. The lead can include a fixation helix for securing the electrode to cardiac tissue. The lead assembly can alternatively include an open lumen lead tip. A seal is provided within the lead tip assembly such that the seal is expanded to prevent or limit further entry of fluids through the lead tip. The seal includes an expandable matrix, such as a hydrogel. The seal is formed on or within the lead when the lead and the seal comes into contact with a fluid and expands. The seal is also formed as a plug which is deployed through the medical device, and expands as the plug absorbs fluid. A housing incorporating the seal can also be attached to a portion of the medical device to provide the seal.

    摘要翻译: 适于与医疗装置一起使用的密封件设置有具有远端尖端电极的引线。 引线的远端适于植入在心脏上或其周围,并用于连接到用于监测或刺激心脏活动的系统。 引线可以包括用于将电极固定到心脏组织的固定螺旋。 导线组件可以替代地包括开放的管腔引线端头。 在引线端头组件内设置密封件,使得密封件被膨胀以防止或限制流体进一步通过引线头进入。 密封件包括可膨胀基质,例如水凝胶。 当铅和密封件与流体接触并膨胀时,密封件形成在引线上或内部。 密封件还形成为通过医疗装置展开的塞子,并且当塞子吸收流体时膨胀。 结合密封件的壳体也可以附接到医疗装置的一部分以提供密封。

    Leads for pacing and/or sensing the heart from within the coronary veins

    公开(公告)号:US06584362B1

    公开(公告)日:2003-06-24

    申请号:US09651340

    申请日:2000-08-30

    IPC分类号: A61N105

    摘要: A lead for monitoring or stimulating cardiac activity is provided. The lead is adapted for implantation on or about the heart within the coronary vasculature and for connection to a signal generator. The lead body has one or more electrodes associated therewith. The lead is constructed and arranged so that when it is implanted, the electrodes are housed in the coronary vasculature and urged into intimate contact a vessel wall. A method for implanting the lead into the coronary vasculature is also provided, the method comprising the steps of inserting a stylet into the lead, inserting the lead into the coronary sinus, advancing the lead from the coronary sinus toward the toward the left atrium and into a coronary vein, removing the stylet, and sensing and pacing the heart. Alternatively, the method comprises placing a guide catheter into the coronary sinus, threading a guide wire into the coronary veins, pushing the lead over the guide wire and into the coronary sinus or the coronary vein, and sensing and pacing the heart via the lead in its implanted site in the coronary sinus or the coronary vein.

    Leads for pacing and/or sensing the heart from within the coronary veins

    公开(公告)号:US07139614B2

    公开(公告)日:2006-11-21

    申请号:US10431136

    申请日:2003-05-07

    IPC分类号: A61N1/05

    摘要: A lead for monitoring or stimulating cardiac activity is provided. The lead is adapted for implantation on or about the heart within the coronary vasculature and for connection to a signal generator. The lead body has one or more electrodes associated therewith. The lead is constructed and arranged so that when it is implanted, the electrodes are housed in the coronary vasculature and urged into intimate contact a vessel wall. A method for implanting the lead into the coronary vasculature is also provided, the method comprising the steps of inserting a stylet into the lead, inserting the lead into the coronary sinus, advancing the lead from the coronary sinus toward the toward the left atrium and into a coronary vein, removing the stylet, and sensing and pacing the heart. Alternatively, the method comprises placing a guide catheter into the coronary sinus, threading a guide wire into the coronary veins, pushing the lead over the guide wire and into the coronary sinus or the coronary vein, and sensing and pacing the heart via the lead in its implanted site in the coronary sinus or the coronary vein.

    High impedance electrode tip
    8.
    发明授权
    High impedance electrode tip 失效
    高阻抗电极尖端

    公开(公告)号:US06501994B1

    公开(公告)日:2002-12-31

    申请号:US09121288

    申请日:1998-07-22

    IPC分类号: A61N105

    CPC分类号: A61N1/0573

    摘要: An implantable lead, being either a fixed or retractable/extendable lead, having a distal tip electrode is adapted for implantation on or about the heart and for connection to a system for monitoring or stimulating cardiac activity. The electrode includes a mechanical fastener such as a fixation helix for securing the electrode to cardiac tissue, which may or may not be electrically active. The implantable electrode with a helical tip includes an electrode which has a distal end and a proximal end. A helix is disposed within the electrode, where the helix is aligned along a radial axis of the electrode. The electrode further includes one or more of the following features: the helix having a coating of an insulating material on a surface of the helix, a porous conductive surface at a base of the helix, a porous conductive element at the end of the electrode having an insulating coating covering from 5-95% of the surface of the porous conductive element. The electrode may farther include an electrode tip having a porous electrical conductive element, such as a mesh screen, disposed on a surface at the distal end of the electrode tip, which can be used as a sensing or pacing interface with the cardiac tissue.

    摘要翻译: 具有远端尖端电极的可植入引线(或者是固定的或可伸缩的引线)适于植入在心脏上或其周围,并用于连接到用于监测或刺激心脏活动的系统。 电极包括机械紧固件,例如用于将电极固定到心脏组织的固定螺旋,其可以是或不是电活动的。 具有螺旋尖端的可植入电极包括具有远端和近端的电极。 螺旋线设置在电极内,其中螺旋沿着电极的径向轴线排列。 电极还包括以下特征中的一个或多个:螺旋具有在螺旋表面上的绝缘材料的涂层,在螺旋的基底处的多孔导电表面,在电极末端的多孔导电元件, 覆盖多孔导电元件表面的5-95%的绝缘涂层。 电极可以进一步包括具有设置在电极尖端的远端的表面上的多孔导电元件(例如网眼丝网)的电极末端,其可以用作与心脏组织的感测或起搏界面。

    Removable cap for tissue-insertable connections
    10.
    发明授权
    Removable cap for tissue-insertable connections 有权
    用于组织可插入连接的可拆卸盖

    公开(公告)号:US07089046B2

    公开(公告)日:2006-08-08

    申请号:US10187514

    申请日:2002-07-02

    IPC分类号: A61B5/04

    CPC分类号: A61N1/0573

    摘要: A helical element for insertion into tissue comprises a helical element having an insertion end, a protruding end and an open central area within the wire, rods, filaments, cables or the like that form the helix. The helical element has at least its insertion end covered by a cap of a water-soluble or water-dispersible composition. The cap is provided with a surface shape in a cross-section in which surface variations are present in the cross-section which create a surface orientation where a line from the center of the cross-section can intersect the surface, and a line perpendicular to said radius at a point of intersection with said surface forms four quadrants, three of said quadrants containing water-soluble or water-dispersible cap material. There is either a hollow area within the composition within the open central area or the material is more porous than the remaining material. The helical element preferably comprises an electrical lead, such as a positive endocardial lead, with an electrode at the protruding or distal end of the lead.The helical element may comprise any biocompatable material with sufficient structural integrity to provide a secure attachment to tissue in a patient. Where the helical element is also to provide an active (electrically active) function, the composition of the helical element should also be electrically conductive.

    摘要翻译: 用于插入组织的螺旋元件包括螺旋元件,其具有插入端,突出端和形成螺旋的线内的开口中心区域,杆,细丝,电缆等。 螺旋元件的至少其插入端被水溶性或水分散性组合物的盖子覆盖。 该盖在横截面中具有表面形状,其中在横截面中存在表面变化,其形成表面取向,其中横截面中心的线可以与表面相交,并且垂直于 在与所述表面的交点处的所述半径形成四个象限,所述象限中的三个包含水溶性或水分散性盖材料。 组合物中的中空区域在开放的中心区域内,或者材料比剩余的材料多孔。 螺旋元件优选地包括电引线,例如正心内膜引线,在引线的突出或远端具有电极。