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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. 13, 2004
Filed:
Aug. 07, 2001
Benedict L. Gomperz, North Hollywood, CA (US);
Russell Klehn, Valencia, CA (US);
Pacesetter, Inc., Sylmar, CA (US);
Abstract
A technique for removing from a body an implanted lead including an active fixation electrode includes the operation of releasably attaching an elongated stylet to the distal end of the implanted lead, specifically, to the electrode at the distal end of the lead. This results in a reasonably unified stylet and implanted lead structure whereby withdrawal of the stylet and of the implanted lead as a unit facilitates the complete removal of the implanted lead from the body. A threaded tip end of the stylet is used for threaded engagement with a tapped bore in the electrode. The threaded tip end of the stylet becomes locked to the electrode by rotating in one direction the threaded portion into the threaded bore and the stylet is removable by counter-rotating the threaded tip end of the stylet relative to the electrode.