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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 24, 2015
Applicant:
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Inventors:
Michael D Eggen, Chisago City, MN (US);
Tarek D Haddad, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Paul A Iaizzo, White Bear Lake, MN (US);
Zhongping Yang, Woodbury, MN (US);
Assignee:
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/05 (2006.01); A61N 1/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/056 (2013.01); A61N 1/0573 (2013.01); A61N 1/08 (2013.01); A61N 2001/083 (2013.01);
Abstract
Method and systems of determining adequacy of fixation of a medical lead type having a fixation helix are disclosed. The lead of the medical lead type is placed at a desired location within a patient's body and the fixation helix is screwed into tissue at that location. One or more parameters, associated with the lead, are measured at the location. Based upon the measured one or more parameters, determining a number of turns that the helix is embedded into the tissue at the location.