Catheter-based delivery system for delivering a leadless pacemaker and employing a locking hub

US10960217B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• PACESETTER, INC. · US

Inventors

• Brett Allen Hillukka · Hanover, US
• Thomas B. Eby · Mountain View, US
• Christopher Alan Hubbard · Woodridge, US
• Bernhard Arnar · Minnetrista, US
• Bradley Knippel · Lino Lakes, US
• Jeremiah Blue · Andover, US
• Jennifer Heisel · Princeton, US
• Rebecca Stufft · Plymouth, US
• Adam Weber · Bietigheim-Bissingen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 30, 2018
• Grant date: Mar 30, 2021
• Expiry date: Oct 18, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61N2001/0578
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Disclosed herein is a delivery system for delivering a leadless pacemaker. The delivery system may include a catheter, which may be a guide catheter. The catheter includes a distal end, a proximal end opposite the distal end, a lumen extending between the distal end and the proximal end, and a locking hub operably coupled to the proximal end. The locking hub includes a lumen segment of the lumen. In one implementation, self-biasing of the lumen segment places the lumen segment out of alignment with a rest of the lumen. Deflecting the lumen segment against the self-biasing of the lumen segment places the lumen segment in coaxial alignment with the rest of the lumen. In another implementation, self-biasing of the lumen segment reduces an inner diameter of the lumen segment and actuation of the locking hub expands the inner diameter.