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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 20, 2011
Jon D. Schell, Shoreview, MN (US);
George Patras, Greenfield, MN (US);
Kamal Deep Mothilal, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Erik Griswold, Penngrove, CA (US);
James Calvin Allan, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Albert Dunfee, Byfield, MA (US);
Rudy Beasley, Rohnert Park, CA (US);
Jon D. Schell, Shoreview, MN (US);
George Patras, Greenfield, MN (US);
Kamal Deep Mothilal, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Erik Griswold, Penngrove, CA (US);
James Calvin Allan, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Albert Dunfee, Byfield, MA (US);
Rudy Beasley, Rohnert Park, CA (US);
Medtronic Vascular, Inc., Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Abstract
An implantable medical device, such as a sensor for monitoring a selected internally detectable physiological parameter of a patient, is attached to a fixation member that is deployable within the patient to position and orient the sensor to enable it to perform its function. The fixation member may be configured to lie in a single plane when deployed or may be tubular in shape. The attachment of the housing and fixation member includes providing the fixation member with a linear attachment strut that is non-circular in cross section and providing the housing with external members that define an elongate channel, non-circular in cross section and receptive to the attachment strut. The attachment strut can be inserted transversely into the channel and the external member can be crimped over the strut to secure the housing and fixation member together.