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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 06, 2008
Tim Maher, Woods Cross, UT (US);
Jim Lee, Benicia, CA (US);
Ron Ness, Lincoln, CA (US);
Herb Chen, Oakland, CA (US);
Jesse Hubbard, Riverton, UT (US);
Phillip J. Miller, Berkeley, CA (US);
John Barr, Brea, CA (US);
James W. Long, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Karl Nelson, Draper, UT (US);
Tim Maher, Woods Cross, UT (US);
Jim Lee, Benicia, CA (US);
Ron Ness, Lincoln, CA (US);
Herb Chen, Oakland, CA (US);
Jesse Hubbard, Riverton, UT (US);
Phillip J. Miller, Berkeley, CA (US);
John Barr, Brea, CA (US);
James W. Long, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Karl Nelson, Draper, UT (US);
World Heart Corporation, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Abstract
There are disclosed apparatus and methods for replacing a percutaneous cable in connection with a vascular device. In an embodiment, the apparatus includes a distal disconnect coupler, a distal connector portion of the cable configured for removable connection with the distal disconnect coupler, and a connector cap configured for removable connection with the distal disconnect coupler and for tunneling through skin and tissue. In one embodiment, a method of repositioning a percutaneous cable in connection with a vascular device includes providing the cable with a distal disconnect coupler, disconnecting the cable at the distal disconnect coupler, attaching a connector cap to the distal disconnect coupler, removing the percutaneous cable from a first exit site, tunneling the connector cap together with the distal disconnect coupler through skin and tissue to form a new exit site, disconnecting the connector cap, and connecting the cable to the distal disconnect coupler.