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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2010
Yougandh Chitre, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Gene A. Bornzin, Simi Valley, CA (US);
John R. Helland, Tallahassee, FL (US);
Eric Falkenberg, Las Vegas, NV (US);
Kevin L. Morgan, Simi Valley, CA (US);
Sheldon Williams, Green Valley, CA (US);
Michael Yang, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
Andrew W. Mcgarvey, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Yougandh Chitre, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Gene A. Bornzin, Simi Valley, CA (US);
John R. Helland, Tallahassee, FL (US);
Eric Falkenberg, Las Vegas, NV (US);
Kevin L. Morgan, Simi Valley, CA (US);
Sheldon Williams, Green Valley, CA (US);
Michael Yang, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
Andrew W. McGarvey, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Pacesetter, Inc., Sylmar, CA (US);
Abstract
A delivery apparatus for accessing the pericardial space of a heart including an elongated body defining a lumen and a piercing member that extends from a distal portion of the elongated body for piercing tissue of the heart. A spring expands from a distal end of the piercing member in response to the distal end of the piercing member passing through the tissue and into the pericardial space. An electrode located on the spring in order to sense signals indicative of a distal end of the spring passing through the tissue and into the pericardial space.