Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and apparatus for guiding an external needle to an implantable device
- Patent Title (中): 将外针引导到可植入装置的方法和装置
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Application No.: US13932552Application Date: 2013-07-01
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Publication No.: US09586012B2Publication Date: 2017-03-07
- Inventor: Scott L. Kalpin , Andrew Bzostek , Steven L. Hartmann , Matthew W. Koenig , Brad Jacobsen , Scott A. Sarkinen , Peter J. Borowitz , Bradley A. Jascob
- Applicant: Medtronic, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US MN Minneapolis
- Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US MN Minneapolis
- Agency: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C.
- Main IPC: A61B5/05
- IPC: A61B5/05 ; A61M5/42 ; A61M5/142

Abstract:
A support tool for a supply assembly delivers a functional fluid to an implantable medical device. The supply assembly defines a supply axis. The support tool includes a support member defining an opening. The opening has a support axis, and the opening is configured to receive the supply assembly. The support member includes a three dimensionally contoured nesting surface that conforms to a corresponding three dimensionally contoured surface of the supply assembly. The corresponding surface of the supply assembly nests against the nesting surface to support the supply assembly such that the supply axis remains substantially fixed relative to and aligned with the support axis.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130296830A1 Method And Apparatus For Guiding An External Needle To An Implantable Device Public/Granted day:2013-11-07
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