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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 31, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 10, 2016
Applicant:
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Inventor:
Daniel C. Oster, Blaine, MN (US);
Assignee:
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 11/00 (2006.01); A61M 25/02 (2006.01); A61B 17/34 (2006.01); A61M 25/00 (2006.01); A61M 25/04 (2006.01); A61N 1/05 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 25/02 (2013.01); A61B 17/3415 (2013.01); A61M 25/0045 (2013.01); A61M 25/0082 (2013.01); A61M 25/04 (2013.01); A61N 1/057 (2013.01); A61N 1/0558 (2013.01); A61M 2025/0046 (2013.01); A61M 2025/028 (2013.01); A61M 2025/0286 (2013.01); A61N 2001/0582 (2013.01);
Abstract
An introducer assembly that may be employed to implant a medical device includes an introducer shaft, and an anchor sleeve and a deployment tool mounted on the shaft. According to some methods, the sleeve is deployed onto an elongate body of the medical device, after the body has been advanced through a lumen of the introducer shaft and to an implant site within a body of a patient, by pulling the introducer shaft proximally, out from the body of the patient, while holding the deployment tool in place, relative to the advanced body of the device.