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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 01, 2012
Applicant:
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Inventors:
Michael J. Kern, St. Louis Park, MN (US);
Bruce A. Behymer, Grant, MN (US);
Bruce R. Mehdizadeh, Middleton Cheney, GB;
Assignee:
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 19/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/34 (2006.01); A61N 1/05 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/3468 (2013.01); A61B 17/3415 (2013.01); A61N 1/05 (2013.01);
Abstract
The invention pertains to an apparatus comprising a needle configured to define a path through tissue of a patient, tubing configured to slidably receive the needle via a proximal opening, an anchor configured to slidably receive at least a portion of the tubing, and an anchor deployment member comprising a body and an anchor engagement member. Such an apparatus may be used to introduce and anchor an implantable medical device element within a patient.