Medtronic, Inc.

Alexander R Mattson

Ronald A Drake

Kathryn Hilpisch

Todd Jon Sheldon

Wade M Demmer

Zhongping C Yang

Kenneth C Gardeski

Brian P Colin

Matthew David Bonner

Kevin R Seifert

Mary M Morris

Lester O Stener

Vladimir Grubac

Melissa G T Christie

Teresa A Whitman

Andrea Jean Asleson

Yanina Grinberg

Ruth N Klepfer

Vincent P Ganion

Nathan A Grenz

Michael L Hudziak

Xin Chen

Jean M Carver

Lonnie D Ronning

Michael R Leners

William J Schindeldecker

Anthony W Schrock

Michael Kemmerer

Mikayle A Holm

Narendra K Simha

Neranjan Persaud

Jennifer M Bredemeier

Pamela K Omdahl

Kristina Yates

Stephanie Koppes

Marty M Morris

Melissa GT Christie

A medical system is configured to deliver an implantable medical device to a targeted implant site. The system may include a processor configured to receive a cardiac electrical signal and determine a feature of the cardiac electrical signal. The processor may be configured to determine a position of the delivery tool based on at least one feature of the cardiac electrical signal. The processor may detect a deployment position of the delivery tool in response to the cardiac electrical signal feature meeting criteria for detecting the deployment position.

System and method for detecting medical device delivery tool position

A medical device includes a motion sensor for producing a motion signal including cardiac event signals. The medical device generates a ventricular pacing pulse upon expiration of a pacing interval. The medical device determines a synchrony metric from the motion signal after a delivered ventricular pacing pulse and adjusts the pacing interval based on the synchrony metric.

Medical device and method for controlling pacing interval to promote mechanical heart chamber synchrony

A system and method of implanting pacing lead in a patient's heart. The system may include a catheter configured to by inserted through the coronary sinus ostium such that the distal end region of the catheter is positioned past the anterolateral vein and proximate at least one septal perforating vein. The catheter is configured to inject contrast proximate the septal perforating vein to identify an implant region for a pacing lead. Further, a controller is configured to deliver pacing therapy to the implant region.

Septal perforating vein pacing

A medical delivery device for delivering a medical device includes a navigable elongated member, a deployment bay, and a compression mechanism. The deployment bay may be configured to house the medical device as the medical device is navigated to the target site. The deployment bay may be at a distal end of the delivery device and may include a distal opening through which the medical device may be deployed. The compression mechanism is configured to longitudinally compress in response to a predetermined force such that the elongated member and deployment bay are relatively closer together along a longitudinal axis of the delivery device.

Delivery device for delivery of implantable or insertable medical devices

A device for delivering an implantable medical device (IMD) includes an elongated member and a deployment bay configured to house the IMD, the deployment bay defining a distal opening for deploying the IMD out of the deployment bay. The device includes a first electrode located inside the deployment bay during intravascular navigation, a second electrode, and impedance detection circuitry configured to deliver an electrical signal to a path between the first electrode and the second electrode through at least one of a fluid or tissue of the patient. The device also includes processing circuitry configured to determine an impedance of the path based on the signal and control a user interface to indicate when an impedance of the path indicates that at least one of the IMD or the distal opening is in a fixation configuration relative to the target site of the patient.

Impedance-based verification for delivery of implantable medical devices

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Saint Paul, MN, United States of America

Alexander R Mattson