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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 27, 2006
Warren L. Starkebaum, Plymouth, MN (US);
Daniel J. Stetson, Lino Lakes, MN (US);
Eric H. Bonde, Minnetonka, MN (US);
Warren L. Starkebaum, Plymouth, MN (US);
Daniel J. Stetson, Lino Lakes, MN (US);
Eric H. Bonde, Minnetonka, MN (US);
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
A device comprises a medical implant and an actively deployable clip attached to the medical implant that operates to restrict movement of the medical implant once the actively deployable clip is deployed within a body of a patient. In some embodiments, the medical implant is an electrical lead for electrical stimulation. The actively deployable clip is operable to fixate the medical implant to a body tissue once deployed, such that the actively deployable clip performs a similar function to a suture. In this manner, embodiments of the invention may provide a medical implant that requires few or even no sutures to properly fixate the implant within the patient.