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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 1992
Filed:
Jan. 15, 1991
Mary E Bush, Fremont, CA (US);
Thomas A Howell, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Ventritex, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
An electrode on a lead may be implanted at the heart by placing the lead through a hole in the parietal pericardium and positioning the distal end of the lead in a desired position relative to the heart. Thereafter one secures the lead in the desired position by attachment thereof to a fastener member, including the step of attaching the fastener member to the parietal pericardium by compressive action between a pair of opposed jaws of an attachment tool, with one of the jaws being positioned within and the other of the jaws positioned outside of the parietal pericardium. Also, a tool is disclosed for securing leads to a tissue site, particularly in accordance with the above method.