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公开(公告)号:US20250073457A1
公开(公告)日:2025-03-06
申请号:US18952366
申请日:2024-11-19
Applicant: MEDTRONIC, INC.
Inventor: Ronald A. Drake , Kenneth C. Gardeski , Carla Pfeiffer , Kevin R. Seifert , Lester O. Stener , Matthew D. Bonner
Abstract: Methods and systems for positioning a leadless pacing device (LPD) in cardiac tissue are disclosed. A delivery device is employed that comprises a proximal end, a distal end and a lumen therebetween sized to receive the LPD. The LPD has a leadlet extending therefrom that includes a means to fixate the leadlet to tissue. The delivery device comprises an introducer to introduce the LPD into the lumen of the delivery device. The LPD is loaded in the distal end of the lumen of the delivery device. The leadlet extends proximally from the LPD while the fixation means extends distally toward the LPD. A LPD mover is configured to advance the LPD out of the delivery device. A leadlet mover is configured to advance the leadlet out of the lumen delivery device and cause the leadlet to engage with cardiac tissue.
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公开(公告)号:US12194257B2
公开(公告)日:2025-01-14
申请号:US17645237
申请日:2021-12-20
Applicant: Medtronic, Inc.
Inventor: Ronald A. Drake , Matthew D. Bonner , Trent M. Fischer , Carla C. Pfeiffer , Brian P. Colin , Lester O. Stener
Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a shuttle apparatus for detachably joining a catheter to a guidewire so that the joined catheter, extending alongside the guidewire, is in sliding engagement with the guidewire without extending around the guidewire. The apparatus comprises a collar member sized for mounting in sliding engagement around a length of the guidewire, the collar member having a longitudinal axis that approximately aligns along the length, when mounted thereabout, the length being defined between a proximal-most point of the guidewire and a distal point of the guidewire, the distal point being offset proximally from a distal-most point of the guidewire. The apparatus further comprises a plug member coupled to the collar member, the plug member having a longitudinal axis, and the plug member being sized to fit within an opening of the catheter for detachable engagement therewith.
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公开(公告)号:US20220061886A1
公开(公告)日:2022-03-03
申请号:US17397276
申请日:2021-08-09
Applicant: Medtronic, Inc.
Inventor: Ronald A. Drake , Kevin R. Seifert , Lester O. Stener , Amy E. Thompson-Nauman
Abstract: Extravascular implant tools that utilize a bore-in mechanism to safely access extravascular locations and implant techniques utilizing these tools are described. The bore-in mechanism may include a handle and a helix extending from the handle. The bore-in mechanism is used, for example, in conjunction with a tunneling tool to traverse the diaphragmatic attachments to access a substernal location. The tunneling tool may be an open channel tunneling tool or a conventional tunneling tool (e.g., metal rod).
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公开(公告)号:US11219760B2
公开(公告)日:2022-01-11
申请号:US16171607
申请日:2018-10-26
Applicant: Medtronic, Inc.
Inventor: Ronald A. Drake , Kenneth C. Gardeski , Carla Pfeiffer , Kevin R. Seifert , Lester O. Stener , Matthew D. Bonner
Abstract: Methods and systems for positioning a leadless pacing device (LPD) in cardiac tissue are disclosed. A delivery device is employed that comprises a proximal end, a distal end and a lumen therebetween sized to receive the LPD. The LPD has a leadlet extending therefrom that includes a means to fixate the leadlet to tissue. The delivery device comprises an introducer to introduce the LPD into the lumen of the delivery device. The LPD is loaded in the distal end of the lumen of the delivery device. The leadlet extends proximally from the LPD while the fixation means extends distally toward the LPD. A LPD mover is configured to advance the LPD out of the delivery device. A leadlet mover is configured to advance the leadlet out of the lumen delivery device and cause the leadlet to engage with cardiac tissue.
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公开(公告)号:US20210030439A1
公开(公告)日:2021-02-04
申请号:US16921512
申请日:2020-07-06
Applicant: Medtronic, Inc.
Inventor: Ronald A. Drake , Lester O. Stener , Vladimir Grubac , Martin G. Hieb
Abstract: In some examples, a medical device delivery system includes a device cup configured to retain the medical device at the distal end of a catheter, the cup having a cylindrical body defining at least one vent hole extending from an exterior surface of the body to an interior surface of the body, and at least one internal rib extending inwardly from the interior surface, the rib configured to contact the medical device.
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公开(公告)号:US20210016056A1
公开(公告)日:2021-01-21
申请号:US16915118
申请日:2020-06-29
Applicant: Medtronic, Inc.
Inventor: Ronald A. Drake , Lester O. Stener , Allan Roland Kilgore , Paul Schadt
Abstract: An active return curve deflectable catheter includes an elongate member, a fixation member, a deflection assembly, and a pull wire. The fixation member is coupled to a distal portion of the elongate member. The deflection assembly includes a hub assembly coupled to a proximal end of the elongate member, a handle, and a control member. The pull wire extends from the control member through the hub assembly to the fixation member. The elongate member is configured to deflect from an initial configuration to a deflected configuration in response to a pull force applied to the pull wire by actuation of the control member in a first direction.
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公开(公告)号:US20180200488A1
公开(公告)日:2018-07-19
申请号:US15873153
申请日:2018-01-17
Applicant: Medtronic, Inc.
Inventor: Ronald A. Drake , Matthew D. Bonner , Trent M. Fischer , Carla Pfeiffer , Brian P. Colin , Lester O. Stener
CPC classification number: A61M25/09041 , A61B17/00234 , A61B2017/00247 , A61B2017/00867 , A61B2017/22044 , A61M25/01 , A61M25/0105 , A61M2025/0177 , A61M2025/09125
Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a shuttle apparatus for detachably joining a catheter to a guidewire so that the joined catheter, extending alongside the guidewire, is in sliding engagement with the guidewire without extending around the guidewire. The apparatus comprises a collar member sized for mounting in sliding engagement around a length of the guidewire, the collar member having a longitudinal axis that approximately aligns along the length, when mounted thereabout, the length being defined between a proximal-most point of the guidewire and a distal point of the guidewire, the distal point being offset proximally from a distal-most point of the guidewire. The apparatus further comprises a plug member coupled to the collar member, the plug member having a longitudinal axis, and the plug member being sized to fit within an opening of the catheter for detachable engagement therewith.
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公开(公告)号:US20160310700A1
公开(公告)日:2016-10-27
申请号:US14694579
申请日:2015-04-23
Applicant: Medtronic, Inc.
Inventor: Ronald A. Drake , Lester O. Stener
CPC classification number: A61M25/0136 , A61M25/0014 , A61M25/0097 , A61M25/0133 , A61M25/0147 , A61M39/22 , A61M2205/0216
Abstract: A catheter assembly includes a pull wire and a control member subassembly, wherein the pull wire is secured to a post of the subassembly that may extend through a slot of a handle, and an engagement feature of the subassembly, being supported by an elastically deformable support of the subassembly resting on a railway of the handle, confronts a mating feature of the handle to interlock therewith, responsive to the support being un-deformed. The post, engagement feature, and support may be integrally formed together in a single-piece component, wherein the engagement feature may be one or two rows of teeth formed in a surface of an upper portion of the component, and the support may be a pair of flexible cantilever beam members of a lower portion of the component. Furthermore, the mating surface and railway may be integrally formed in an inner surface of a shell of the handle.
Abstract translation: 导管组件包括拉线和控制构件子组件,其中拉线固定到子组件的可延伸穿过手柄的狭槽的支柱,并且子组件的接合特征由可弹性变形的支撑件 位于手柄的铁路上的子组件面对与手柄相配合的特征,以便使支撑件不变形。 柱,接合特征和支撑件可以一体地形成在一体的部件中,其中接合特征可以是形成在部件的上部的表面中的一行或两行齿,并且支撑件可以是 组件的下部的一对柔性悬臂梁构件。 此外,配合表面和铁路可以一体地形成在手柄的外壳的内表面中。
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公开(公告)号:US12178470B2
公开(公告)日:2024-12-31
申请号:US17397276
申请日:2021-08-09
Applicant: Medtronic, Inc.
Inventor: Ronald A. Drake , Kevin R. Seifert , Lester O. Stener , Amy E. Thompson-Nauman
Abstract: Extravascular implant tools that utilize a bore-in mechanism to safely access extravascular locations and implant techniques utilizing these tools are described. The bore-in mechanism may include a handle and a helix extending from the handle. The bore-in mechanism is used, for example, in conjunction with a tunneling tool to traverse the diaphragmatic attachments to access a substernal location. The tunneling tool may be an open channel tunneling tool or a conventional tunneling tool (e.g., metal rod).
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公开(公告)号:US11938279B2
公开(公告)日:2024-03-26
申请号:US16927170
申请日:2020-07-13
Applicant: Medtronic, Inc.
Inventor: Ronald A. Drake , Lester O. Stener
CPC classification number: A61M25/0082 , A61B17/50 , A61M25/0075 , A61M25/0136 , A61M25/0147 , A61N1/362
Abstract: In some examples, an implantable medical device delivery catheter comprises a handle and an elongated member disposed within the handle, the elongated member comprising an elongated member lumen configured to receive an inner tool that is configured to extend through a lumen of the delivery catheter, including the elongated member lumen, and interface with an implantable medical device. The handle further comprises a clamping assembly comprising a button configured to be actuated toward a longitudinal axis of the elongated member in a direction transverse to the longitudinal axis to compress the elongated member against the inner tool to restrain movement of the inner tool through the elongated member lumen.
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