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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:
Nov. 01, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 20, 2010
Applicants:
Christian S. Eversull, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Stephen A. Leeflang, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Nicholas J. Mourlas, Mountain View, CA (US);
Inventors:
Christian S. Eversull, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Stephen A. Leeflang, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Nicholas J. Mourlas, Mountain View, CA (US);
Assignee:
Medronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A sheath for delivering a lead or other device into a body lumen is adapted to be removed from around the delivered lead or device via a longitudinally extending feature. This feature of the sheath may be a ripcord, a seam or interlocking features the releasably engage one another.