Magnetically navigated pacing leads, and methods for delivering medical devices
US6817364B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 23, 2001 |
| Grant date | Nov 16, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 14, 2021 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61N2001/0578
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method of placing a pacing lead in the heart includes introducing a distal end of a delivery catheter into the patient's vasculature; magnetically navigating the distal end of the delivery catheter to the patient's heart; deploying a pacing lead from the distal end of the delivery catheter; and magnetically navigating the pacing lead to the pacing application site.
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