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Implantable medical device fixation

US10173050B2 · kind B2 · utility

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186References

20Claims

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Assignee

Medtronic, Inc. · US

Inventors

Vladimir Grubac · Brooklyn Park, US
Matthew D. Bonner · Plymouth, US
Raymond W. Usher · Coon Rapids, US
Thomas A. Anderson · New Hope, US
Arshad A. Alfoqaha · Eden Prairie, US

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 10, 2017
Grant date	Jan 8, 2019
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 10, 2037

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61N1/3756
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Various fixation techniques for implantable medical device (IMDs) are described. In one example, an assembly comprises an IMD; and a set of active fixation tines attached to the IMD. The active fixation tines in the set are deployable from a spring-loaded position in which distal ends of the active fixation tines point away from the IMD to a hooked position in which the active fixation tines bend back towards the IMD. The active fixation tines are configured to secure the IMD to a patient tissue when deployed while the distal ends of the active fixation tines are positioned adjacent to the patient tissue.

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