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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2024
Filed:
Jan. 27, 2021
Pacesetter, Inc., Sylmar, CA (US);
Brett Hillukka, Hanover, MN (US);
Thomas B. Eby, Mountain View, CA (US);
Christopher Alan Hubbard, Woodridge, MN (US);
Bernhard Arnar, Minnetrista, MN (US);
Bradley Knippel, Lino Lakes, MN (US);
Jeremiah Blue, Andover, MN (US);
Jennifer Heisel, Princeton, MN (US);
Rebecca Stufft, Plymouth, MN (US);
Adam Weber, Minnetonka, MN (US);
PACESETTER, INC., Sylmar, CA (US);
Abstract
Disclosed herein is a delivery system for delivering a leadless pacemaker. The delivery system may include a catheter, which may be a guide catheter. The catheter includes a distal end, a proximal end opposite the distal end, a lumen extending between the distal end and the proximal end, and a locking hub operably coupled to the proximal end. The locking hub includes a lumen segment of the lumen. In one implementation, self-biasing of the lumen segment places the lumen segment out of alignment with a rest of the lumen. Deflecting the lumen segment against the self-biasing of the lumen segment places the lumen segment in coaxial alignment with the rest of the lumen. In another implementation, self-biasing of the lumen segment reduces an inner diameter of the lumen segment and actuation of the locking hub expands the inner diameter.