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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 14, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 01, 2018
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Garrett P. Ebersole, Hamden, CT (US);
Kyle R. Marquard, Lino Lakes, MN (US);
Krishnakumar Somasundaram, Kovaipudur, IN;
Stanislaw Z. Marczyk, Stratford, CT (US);
Linnea R. Lentz, Stacy, MN (US);
Olesea Diaz-Chiosa, Manchester, CT (US);
Christopher Switalski, Glastonbury, CT (US);
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
In some examples, a tool for, e.g., creating a sub-sternal tunnel in a patient or other use, is described. The tool may include a handle and a tunneling shaft coupled to the handle. The tunneling shaft extends from a proximal end to a distal end, and at least a portion of the tunneling shaft extends in a curved orientation between the first end to the distal end. The distal end of the tunneling shaft includes a cutting tool having a sharp edge. The cutting tool is moveable from a recessed position in which the sharp edge of the cutting tool is recessed into the distal end of the tunneling shaft to a deployed position in which the sharp edge of the cutting tool extends beyond the distal end of the tunneling shaft in the deployed position, e.g., to cut pericardium, scar tissue, and/or connective tissue with the sharp edge.