- Patent Title: Implantation of an active medical device using the intercostal vein
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Application No.: US15846081Application Date: 2017-12-18
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Publication No.: US10850067B2Publication Date: 2020-12-01
- Inventor: G. Shantanu Reddy , Peter Hall , Andrew L. De Kock , Christopher Alan Fuhs , Daniel J. Foster , James K. Cawthra, Jr.
- Applicant: CARDIAC PACEMAKERS, INC.
- Applicant Address: US MN St. Paul
- Assignee: CARDIAC PACEMAKERS, INC.
- Current Assignee: CARDIAC PACEMAKERS, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US MN St. Paul
- Agency: Seager, Tufte & Wickhem LLP
- Main IPC: A61N1/39
- IPC: A61N1/39 ; A61M25/01 ; A61N1/05 ; A61B5/00 ; A61B5/053 ; A61B5/042
Abstract:
Implantation of a cardiac stimulus system using the ITV. Access to the ITV may be performed using the intercostal vein as an access point, and entering the ITV through an ostium therebetween. The intercostal vein may be located on a costal groove on an inferior portion of a rib. Advancement from the intercostal vein to the ITV may then be performed in a superior direction, an inferior direction, or both.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180169384A1 IMPLANTATION OF AN ACTIVE MEDICAL DEVICE USING THE INTERCOSTAL VEIN Public/Granted day:2018-06-21
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