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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 17, 2011
Applicants:
Kamal Deep Mothilal, Plymouth, MN (US);
George Patras, Greenfield, MN (US);
Albert H. Dunfee, Byfield, MA (US);
Inventors:
Kamal Deep Mothilal, Plymouth, MN (US);
George Patras, Greenfield, MN (US);
Albert H. Dunfee, Byfield, MA (US);
Assignee:
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/0215 (2006.01); A61N 1/05 (2006.01); A61N 1/372 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/6876 (2013.01); A61B 5/0215 (2013.01); A61B 5/6882 (2013.01); A61N 1/057 (2013.01); A61N 1/37205 (2013.01);
Abstract
A fixation member configured to anchor an implantable medical device within a patient is attached to an implantable medical device by introducing at least a portion of the fixation member in a tube mechanically connected to the medical device, and plastically deforming the tube in order to pinch the fixation member within a hollow space of the tube.