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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2009
Applicants:
Ronald A. Drake, Saint Louis Park, MN (US);
Stanten C. Spear, Arden Hills, MN (US);
Lindsey M. Tobin, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Inventors:
Ronald A. Drake, Saint Louis Park, MN (US);
Stanten C. Spear, Arden Hills, MN (US);
Lindsey M. Tobin, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Assignee:
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 19/00 (2006.01); A61N 1/05 (2006.01); A61B 17/22 (2006.01); A61M 25/01 (2006.01); A61M 25/04 (2006.01); A61M 25/09 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/056 (2013.01); A61B 2017/22047 (2013.01); A61B 2017/22048 (2013.01); A61M 25/01 (2013.01); A61M 25/04 (2013.01); A61M 2025/09183 (2013.01); A61N 1/05 (2013.01); A61N 2001/0585 (2013.01);
Abstract
A lead delivery apparatus and a method of delivering a medical lead to an anatomic target site. The method includes inserting a hydraulic plug into an internal delivery lumen of a delivery shaft, and coupling a medical lead to the hydraulic plug. Hydraulic pressure is applied to the hydraulic plug through the delivery lumen, thereby moving the hydraulic plug toward an anatomic target site, and advancing the medical lead toward the target site.