Pacesetter, Inc.

Scimed Life Systems, Inc.

Greg Kampa

Keith Victorine

Steven Roger Conger

Sean Matthew Desmond

Dorab N Sethna

Daniel Ephraim

Nicole Geiger

Michael Xiaoxuan Yang

Stuart Rosenberg

Pu Zhou

Wenbo Hou

Kevin L Morgan

Sergey Safarevich

Anna Barlow

A method of manufacturing an implantable medical lead is disclosed herein. The method may include: providing a lead body including a proximal end, a distal end, and an electrode near the distal end; provide a conductor extending between the proximal and distal ends; providing a crimp including a ribbon-like member and extending the ribbon-like member around the conductor; and mechanically and electrically connecting the ribbon-like member to the electrode.

Method of manufacturing an implantable medical lead

Crimp terminations for conductors in implantable medical lead and method of making same

An implantable medical lead is disclosed herein. The lead may include a longitudinally extending body, an electrical conductor, a tube and an electrical component, such as, for example, an electrode for sensing or pacing, a defibrillation coil, a strain gage, a pressure sensor, a piezoelectric sensor, an integrated chip, an inductor, etc. The body may include a distal end and a proximal end. The electrical conductor may extend through the body between the proximal end and the distal end. The tube may be swaged about an outer circumferential portion of the electrical conductor. The electrical component may be on the body and electrically connected to the tube.

Implantable medical lead and method of making same

An introducer sheath is disclosed herein. The sheath includes a tubular body. The tubular body has a proximal zone, an intermediate zone and a distal zone. The proximal zone is generally straight. The intermediate zone extends from a distal end of the proximal zone and curves in a first direction. The distal zone extends from a distal end of the intermediate zone and curves in a second direction different from the first direction.

Intrapericardial delivery tools and methods

A method of forming a tubular body for a catheter, sheath or lead comprises extruding a polymer core having an integrally formed core wall, first lumen, and second lumen, placing a first layer over an outer circumferential surface of the extruded polymer core, and bonding the first layer to the circumferential surface of the extruded polymer cover via a reflow process. The first and second lumens are mandrel free during the reflow process, and a temperature of the reflow process is below a softening point of the polymer core to maintain a collapse free first and second lumen.

Method of making a tubular body for a catheter, sheath or lead

A medical device, such as a catheter shaft, having an inner lumen defined by a layer of polymer coating, and a method for forming such a medical device. In some embodiments, the method generally includes the steps of applying a polymer coating to an elongated mandrel, and constructing the remainder of the catheter shaft body around the polymer coated mandrel. In some embodiments, the polymer coating layer is made from water dispersible polymer or water soluble polymer.

Method for forming a medical device with polymer coated inner lumen

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Laguna Niguel, CA, United States of America

Greg Kampa