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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2009
Filed:
Oct. 22, 2004
M. Sean Coe, Plymouth, MN (US);
Ronald W. Heil, Jr., Roseville, MN (US);
Peter T. Kelley, Buffalo, MN (US);
Jason Alan Shiroff, Shoreview, MN (US);
Randy W. Westlund, River Falls, WI (US);
Donald F. Palme, Ii, Princeton, MN (US);
M. Sean Coe, Plymouth, MN (US);
Ronald W. Heil, Jr., Roseville, MN (US);
Peter T. Kelley, Buffalo, MN (US);
Jason Alan Shiroff, Shoreview, MN (US);
Randy W. Westlund, River Falls, WI (US);
Donald F. Palme, II, Princeton, MN (US);
Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
The present invention is a myocardial lead attachment system for securing a lead within the myocardium. The attachment system includes an anchor configured to engage the heart, a tether coupled to the anchor and a lead body. The lead body has a proximal end, a distal end, a lumen for accepting the tether and a lock housing in the lumen. A lock structure is on the tether and mates with the lock housing and restrains motion of the lead with respect to the tether in either of a proximal or a distal direction.