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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 05, 2023
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Jonathan L. Kuhn, Ham Lake, MN (US);
Michael P. Campbell, Blaine, MN (US);
Vladimir Grubac, Brooklyn Park, MN (US);
Kenneth D. Rys, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Richard W. Swenson, Edina, MN (US);
Charles Lowell Wilson, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
A fixation component includes tines extending from a base portion of the fixation component. Each tine is elastically deformable between a pre-set position and an open position. Each tine includes a hook segment extending from a proximal end near the base portion to a distal end. Each tine also includes a distal segment extending from the distal end of the hook segment to a tissue-piercing tip. When positioned in the pre-set position, the hook segment extends along a pre-set curvature that encloses an angle between 135 degrees and 270 degrees, and the distal segment extends away from a longitudinal axis of the fixation component.