Delivery device for delivery of implantable or insertable medical devices

US11197996B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Medtronic, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Kenneth C. Gardeski · Plymouth, US
• Ronald A. Drake · St. Louis Park, US
• Xin Chen · Ipswich, GB
• Michael R. Leners · Minneapolis, US
• Lonnie D. Ronning · Coon Rapids, US
• Lester O. Stener · Hudson, US
• Matthew D. Bonner · Plymouth, US
• Jean M. Carver · Blaine, US
• Brian P. Colin · Anoka, US
• Alexander R. Mattson · Windom, US
• Kathryn Hilpisch · Cottage Grove, US
• Vladimir Grubac · Brooklyn Park, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 26, 2019
• Grant date: Dec 14, 2021
• Expiry date: Jan 24, 2040

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61N1/3756
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A medical delivery device for delivering a medical device includes a navigable elongated member, a deployment bay, and a compression mechanism. The deployment bay may be configured to house the medical device as the medical device is navigated to the target site. The deployment bay may be at a distal end of the delivery device and may include a distal opening through which the medical device may be deployed. The compression mechanism is configured to longitudinally compress in response to a predetermined force such that the elongated member and deployment bay are relatively closer together along a longitudinal axis of the delivery device.