Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc.

Cvrx, Inc.

Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.

Westlund, Randy

Heil, Ronald W., Jr.

Repasky, Christina

Bye, Lyle A.

Warren, Jay A.

Kelley, Peter T.

Scheiner, Avram

Tockman, Bruce

Soltis, Brian D.

Brian D Soltis

Bruce Alan Tockman

Allan Charles Shuros

Brendan Early Koop

Lili Liu

Gregory R Ley

Benjamin J Haasl

Randy W Westlund

Eric Thomas Johnson

Paul E Zarembo

Peter J D'Aquanni

Eric A Mokelke

Jason Skubitz

James P Goodman

Eric G Lovett

Jason Alan Shiroff

Paul A Pignato

Kent C B Stalker

Michael P Brenzel

Adam W Cates

David M Flynn

Arjun D Sharma

Christopher P Knapp

Larry L Hum

Carol Werlein

Kyle True

Loren Murney

Kip Ludwig

Keith R Maile

Brian L Schmidt

Arthur J Foster

G Shantanu Reddy

Eric Falbe Hammill

Yinghong Yu

Avram Scheiner

Andrew L De Kock

Gwen Crevensten

Christopher M Zerby

Lyle A Bye

Kurt G Koubal

Vincent P Hackenmueller

Christina Repasky

Pramodsingh Hirasingh Thakur

Qi An

James O Gilkerson

Shantha Arcot-Krishnamurthy

Juan Gabriel Hincapie Ordonez

Mark J Bly

Timothy R Jackson

Ronald W Kunkel

Raymond D Gessler, Iii

Brandon Christopher Fellows

Gayla A Smith

David Benjamin Joda

Kyle Logan Lemke

Seth Stomberg

Jeffrey E Stahmann

Krzysztof Z Siejko

Michael John Kane

David J Ternes

Jay A Warren

Ronald W Heil, Jr

Viktoria A Averina

Jason J Hamann

Daniel L Cox

Shibaji Shome

James V Kauphusman

Bin Mi

Kevin John Stalsberg

Brett W Cryer

James E Blood

Peter T Kelley

Stuart R Chastain

Gregory L Sundberg

LeAnne M Eberle

Dwight A Skinner

Jack Gordon

Juan G Hincapie

Jaime L Rugnetta

Walt Laroche

Louis M Buesseler

Geordie T Alfson

Doug E Giwoyna

Mark McAuliffe

Leonard Roldan Jimenez

Leonardo Roldan Jimenez

Kyle P True

Kent Cb Stalker

Eric Hammill

Bruce Tockman

Randy Westlund

Various aspects of the present disclosure may be directed toward apparatuses, systems, and methods that include a medical device including an elongate body having a proximal portion, a distal portion, and three mutually perpendicular planes. The medical device may include a first steering line and a second steering line and a first stiffening material and a second stiffening material. The first stiffening material and the second stiffening material may be configured to maintain planarity of deflection of at least the distal portion of the elongate body.

Directional enhancement feature for articulation catheter

Medical devices and methods for making and using medical devices are disclosed. An example medical device may include an implantable medical device. The implantable medical device may include an implantable pacing member having a housing and a lead input. A lead may be coupled to the lead input. The lead may be designed to extend along a pericardial space, epicardium, or both and engage a heart chamber. A passageway may be defined along a portion of the length of the lead.

Implantable medical devices and methods for making and delivering implantable medical devices

Devices and methods of use for introduction and implantation of an electrode as part of a minimally invasive technique. An implantable baroreflex activation system includes a control system having an implantable housing, an electrical lead, attachable to the control system, and an electrode structure. The electrode structure is near one end of the electrical lead, and includes a monopolar electrode, a backing material having an effective surface area larger than the electrode, and a releasable pivotable interface to mate with an implant tool. The electrode is configured for implantation on an outer surface of a blood vessel and the control system is programmed to deliver a baroreflex therapy via the monopolar electrode to a baroreceptor within a wall of the blood vessel.

Implant tool and improved electrode design for minimally invasive procedure

Delivery devices, systems, and methods for delivering implantable leadless pacing devices are disclosed. An example delivery device may include an intermediate tubular member and an inner tubular member slidably disposed within a lumen of the intermediate tubular member. A distal holding section may extend distally of a distal end of the intermediate tubular member and define a cavity therein for receiving an implantable leadless pacing device. The device may be configured to enable fluid flushing of the delivery device prior to use, to remove any air from within the device as well as providing the option of fluid flow during use of the delivery device.

Delivery devices and methods for leadless cardiac devices

Delivery devices, systems, and methods for delivering implantable leadless pacing devices are disclosed. An example delivery device may include an intermediate tubular member and an inner tubular member slidably disposed within a lumen of the intermediate tubular member. A distal holding section may extend distally of a distal end of the intermediate tubular member and define a cavity therein for receiving an implantable leadless pacing device. The device may further include a handle assembly including at least an intermediate hub portion affixed adjacent to the proximal end of the intermediate tubular member and a proximal hub portion affixed adjacent to the proximal end of the inner tubular member. A longitudinally extending groove having a proximal end and a distal end may be disposed in the intermediate hub portion. A first locking mechanism may be configured to releasably couple the intermediate hub portion and the proximal hub portion.

Various aspects of the present disclosure are directed toward apparatuses, systems, and methods for pacing a HIS bundle of a patient. The apparatuses, systems, and methods may include applying stimulation energy through one or more of a plurality of electrodes to direct a stimulation locus and pace a HIS bundle of a patient.

Current steering to achieve spatial selectivity for his bundle pacing

A leadless pacing device may include a housing having a proximal end and a distal end, and a set of one or more electrodes supported by the housing. The housing may include a first a distal extension extending distally from the distal end thereof. The distal extension may include a retractable and/or rotatable distal electrode. The distal electrode may be configured to be delivered to and pace at the Bundle of His. The leadless pacing device may be releasably coupled to an expandable anchor mechanism.

Implantable medical device for vascular deployment

Extraction devices for extracting chronically implanted devices such as leadless cardiac pacemakers (LCP). In some cases, the extraction devices may be configured to cut or tear through at least some of the tissue ingrowth around and/or over the chronically implanted device such that a retrieval feature on the chronically implanted device may be grasped for removal of the chronically implanted device.

Extraction devices configued to extract chronically implanted medical devices

A delivery device for delivering an implantable leadless pacing device may include a catheter shaft a distal holding section for receiving the implantable leadless pacing device. In some cases, the delivery device may include a flow-sensing device to determine a pressure or flow-rate of a fluid within the distal holding section. Also included may be a handle assembly and a deployment mechanism to deploy the implantable leadless pacing device.

Delivery devices and wall apposition sensing

Delivery devices, systems, and methods for delivering implantable leadless pacing devices are disclosed. An example delivery device may include an intermediate tubular member and an inner tubular member slidably disposed within a lumen of the intermediate tubular member. A distal holding section may extend distally of a distal end of the intermediate tubular member and define a cavity therein for receiving an implantable leadless pacing device. At least a portion of the lumen of the inner tubular member may be bifurcated to form a first lumen and a second lumen. The first lumen may be configured to receive a first portion of a tether and the second lumen may be configured to receive a second portion of the tether

A leadless pacing device may include a housing having a proximal end and a distal end, and a set of one or more electrodes supported by the housing. The housing may include a first a distal extension extending distally from the distal end thereof. One or more electrodes may be supported by the distal extension. The leadless pacing device may be releasably coupled to an expandable anchor mechanism.

Delivery devices, systems, and methods for delivering implantable leadless pacing devices are disclosed. An example delivery device may include a tubular member and a distal holding section extending distally of a distal end of the tubular member and defining a cavity therein for receiving an implantable leadless pacing device. The delivery device may facilitate vascular delivery of the pacing device to a left side of a patient's heart. In one example, a distal tip portion may extend distal of the distal holding section and may be actuated between a closed and an opened position. When in the closed position, the distal tip portion may have a tip that can puncture or engage an opening in a septum between a left atrium and a right atrium of a patient's heart. Actuating the distal tip portion to an opened position may be utilized to dilate the puncture or opening in the septum.

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Saint Paul, MN, United States of America

Brian D Soltis