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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:
Sep. 07, 1993
Filed:
Jun. 11, 1992
Applicant:
Inventor:
Jeffrey C Kristiansen, Simi Valley, CA (US);
Assignee:
Siemens Pacesetter, Inc., Sylmar, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M / ; F16J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
604283 ; 128D / ; 285308 ; 285 86 ; 2853341 ; 607126 ;
Abstract
A suture sleeve assembly for gripping and anchoring the lead body of an implantable medical device, such as a cardiac pacemaker, includes a tubular member adapted to receive the lead body. Disposed about the tubular member is a collar movable longitudinally along the tubular member from a first, open position to a second position in which the collar compresses a portion of the tubular member into gripping engagement with the outer surface of the lead body. The collar is fabricated of a material that is stiffer than that from which the tubular member is fabricated.