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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2016
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Jeffrey Madden, Galway, IE;
Tomas K Kelly, Galway, IE;
John Gallagher, Galway, IE;
Gwenda Francis, Galway, IE;
Brendan Patrick Geraghty, Galway, IE;
Francis Denis McEvoy, Laois, IE;
Barry O'Connell, Galway, IE;
Rónán Wood, Galway, IE;
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
A delivery system for an implantable medical device includes a tool and a tethering member extending side-by-side within an inner shaft thereof; the tool extends within a first lumen, being in sliding engagement therein, and includes a distal end coupling feature that protrudes from a distal end of the inner shaft; and the tethering member has a first segment extending within a second lumen, and a second segment extending from the first segment and distally from the distal end of the inner shaft to an end of the tethering member, which is configured to engage with a holding member of the device, and with which the coupling feature of the tool is configured to couple. A retainer may be joined to another end of the tethering member that protrudes from a proximal port of the system.