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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2025
Filed:
May. 16, 2022
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Zhongping Yang, Woodbury, MN (US);
Thomas A. Anderson, New Hope, MN (US);
Kaileigh E. Rock, St. Paul, MN (US);
Matthew D. Bonner, Plymouth, MN (US);
Kathryn E. Hilpisch, Cottage Grove, MN (US);
Wade M. Demmer, Coon Rapids, MN (US);
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
An implantable medical device configured to deliver pacing therapy, the implantable medical device including a device body configured to position within a heart, where the device body comprises a proximal body portion and a distal body portion and defines a longitudinal axis extending through the proximal body portion and the distal body portion, the proximal body portion is configured to rotate around the longitudinal axis relative to distal body portion, and a leadlet mechanically coupled to the device body, where the leadlet mechanically supports an electrode configured to deliver pacing therapy, and where in response to the proximal body portion rotating relative to the distal body portion, the device body is configured to alter an extension length of the leadlet.