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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 23, 2022
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Mark T. Marshall, Cape Coral, FL (US);
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
Methods for creating a pathway for an implantable defibrillation lead within a patient, the patient having a torso with a center, left side, and a high sternal area. The method comprises creating an incision at a first location on the left side of the torso, advancing a first medical device and a second medical device through the incision and through the subcutaneous tissue toward a second location proximate the center of the torso, deflecting a distal end of the first medical device at the second location toward a third location proximate the high sternal area, advancing a distal portion of the second medical device out through the distal end of the first medical device toward the third location, and positioning a sheath within the torso, the sheath spanning a distance between the first location and the second location and a distance between the second location and the third location.