Anchor sleeve deployment for implantable medical devices
US9433756B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 4, 2014 |
| Grant date | Sep 6, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 11, 2035 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61N2001/0582
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An introducer assembly that may be employed to implant a medical device includes an introducer shaft, and an anchor sleeve and a deployment tool mounted on the shaft. According to some methods, the sleeve is deployed onto an elongate body of the medical device, after the body has been advanced through a lumen of the introducer shaft and to an implant site within a body of a patient, by pulling the introducer shaft proximally, out from the body of the patient, while holding the deployment tool in place, relative to the advanced body of the device.
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