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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2009
Filed:
Jun. 01, 2004
Richard D. Sandstrom, Scandia, MN (US);
Keith A. Ufford, Chisago City, MN (US);
James R. Svensk, Coon Rapids, MN (US);
Richard D. Sandstrom, Scandia, MN (US);
Keith A. Ufford, Chisago City, MN (US);
James R. Svensk, Coon Rapids, MN (US);
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapols, MN (US);
Abstract
A medical electrical lead implant tool includes a gripping assembly, terminating a distal end of an elongate shaft, adapted to alternately grasp the lead and release the lead and to rotate the lead, and a user control terminating a proximal end of the shaft. An internal drive cable extends within the shaft coupling the gripping assembly to the user control. The user control facilitates single-handed manipulation of a slidable dial, which may be grasped by fingers of a hand for longitudinal and rotational manipulation when a stationary handle is held in a palm of the hand; the longitudinal manipulation causing the gripping assembly, via the drive cable, to alternately grasp the lead and release the lead and the rotational manipulation causing the gripping assembly, via the drive cable, to rotate the lead.