Pass-through implantable medical device delivery catheter with removeable distal tip

US10485435B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Medtronic, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Erik Griswold · Penngrove, US
• James Calvin Allan · Santa Rosa, US
• Rudolph A. Beasley · Abdulrahman Khaleefah Street, US
• William J. Havel · Lafayette, US
• Jon D. Schell · Shoreview, US
• Don Tran · Novato, US
• Steven L. Waldhauser · Mahtomedi, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 29, 2012
• Grant date: Nov 26, 2019
• Expiry date: Aug 16, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61N2001/0585
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

In one example, this disclosure is directed to a kit for intravascular implantation of an implantable medical device, the kit comprising an outer sheath, the outer sheath sized to traverse a vasculature of the patient, and an elongated inner sheath with a tapered distal end. The inner sheath is slidable within the inner lumen of the outer sheath and is selectably removable from the inner lumen of the outer sheath by sliding the inner sheath out of the proximal opening of the outer sheath. The kit includes an elongated deployment receptacle including a deployment bay slidable within the inner lumen of the outer sheath when the inner sheath is not within the inner lumen of the outer sheath. The deployment bay carries an implantable medical device through the inner lumen of the outer sheath and facilitates deployment of the implantable medical device from the distal end of the outer sheath.