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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 24, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 01, 2009
Ronald A. Drake, Saint Louis Park, MN (US);
Lindsey M. Tobin, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Stanten C. Spear, Arden Hills, MN (US);
Scott W. Hayden, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Andrea J. Asleson, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Steven Lawrence Waldhauser, White Bear Township, MN (US);
Kendra Yasger, Big Lake, MN (US);
Gary Fiedler, Forest Lake, MN (US);
Ronald A. Drake, Saint Louis Park, MN (US);
Lindsey M. Tobin, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Stanten C. Spear, Arden Hills, MN (US);
Scott W. Hayden, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Andrea J. Asleson, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Steven Lawrence Waldhauser, White Bear Township, MN (US);
Kendra Yasger, Big Lake, MN (US);
Gary Fiedler, Forest Lake, MN (US);
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
A lead delivery apparatus includes an electrically conductive lead for an implantable medical device, a delivery shaft for delivering the lead to a target site, a fixator and a pulley structure. A flexible member is coupled to the delivery shaft and the lead and engages the pulley structure such that pulling a first portion of the flexible member moves the lead to the target site.