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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2018
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Ronald A. Drake, St. Louis Park, MN (US);
Kathryn Hilpisch, Cottage Grove, MN (US);
Kevin R. Seifert, Forest Lake, MN (US);
William Schindeldecker, Foreston, MN (US);
Stephanie Koppes, Coon Rapids, MN (US);
Brian P. Colin, Shakopee, MN (US);
Alexander R. Mattson, St. Paul, MN (US);
MEDTRONIC, INC., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
A device for delivering an implantable medical device (IMD) includes an elongated member and a deployment bay configured to house the IMD, the deployment bay defining a distal opening for deploying the IMD out of the deployment bay. The device includes a first electrode located inside the deployment bay during intravascular navigation, a second electrode, and impedance detection circuitry configured to deliver an electrical signal to a path between the first electrode and the second electrode through at least one of a fluid or tissue of the patient. The device also includes processing circuitry configured to determine an impedance of the path based on the signal and control a user interface to indicate when an impedance of the path indicates that at least one of the IMD or the distal opening is in a fixation configuration relative to the target site of the patient.