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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2013
Greatbatch Ltd., Clarence, NY (US);
John M. Swoyer, Blaine, MN (US);
Allison M. Kidder, Boston, MA (US);
Jeffrey Zweber, St. Louis Park, MN (US);
Scott Brainard, Columbia Heights, MN (US);
Valerie Glazier, Eden Prarie, MN (US);
Greatbatch Ltd., Clarence, NY (US);
Abstract
A medical device for placing a medical lead in the human body using minimally invasive techniques is described. One lead includes a lead body connected to a lead head having an aperture for providing fiber optic access to the interior of a helical electrode. The fiber optic shaft may be disposed within or along-side a drive shaft releasably coupled to the lead head to rotate the head. The drive shaft and lead body may be delivered using a delivery catheter. The delivery catheter can be advanced though a small incision to the target tissue site, and the site remotely visualized through the fiber optic scope extending through the lead head aperture. The lead head can be rotated, rotating the helical electrode into the tissue, and the catheter, drive shaft, and fiber optic probe removed.