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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 26, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2008
Lindsey Marie Tobin, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Andrea Jean Asleson, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Steven Lawrence Waldhauser, Circle Pines, MN (US);
Scott William Hayden, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Kendra Yasger, Big Lake, MN (US);
Ronald Alan Drake, Saint Louis Park, MN (US);
Lindsey Marie Tobin, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Andrea Jean Asleson, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Steven Lawrence Waldhauser, Circle Pines, MN (US);
Scott William Hayden, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Kendra Yasger, Big Lake, MN (US);
Ronald Alan Drake, Saint Louis Park, MN (US);
MEDTRONIC, INC., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
A medical apparatus includes an electrically conductive lead for a medical device, the lead having an internal bore terminating at a distal lead opening, and a lead delivery device for delivering the distal end of the lead to a blood vessel during implantation of the lead. The lead delivery device includes a removably anchorable guidewire, and a fixator attached to a distal portion of the guidewire for anchoring the guidewire. The fixator is movable between a compact configuration and an expanded configuration. The fixator is capable of passing through the distal lead opening of the lead in the compact configuration. The fixator is capable of exerting a holding force in the range of about 0.89 to 4.45 N in the lumen of the blood vessel in the expanded configuration.