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Device for the transcutaneous implantation of epicardial pacemaker electrodes

  • US 10,111,686 B2
  • Filed: 11/27/2014
  • Issued: 10/30/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/27/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A device for transcutaneous implantation of an epicardial pacemaker electrode, which is arranged in a tubular, flexible implantation catheter insertable into a pericardial space, wherein a distal end area of the electrode is connected to a shape-variable element for aligning the electrode, in particular for adjusting an implantation angle thereof, and for stabilizing, in particular laterally stabilizing, the electrode;

  • and wherein the shape-variable element includes an aligning and stabilizing element, which receives the electrode and which has open or closed end-side rings and struts connecting the end-side rings, which struts, during advance of the implantation catheter from a puncture site to an implantation site, are disposed within an outer catheter and, after release of the aligning and stabilizing element, deploy to an implantation position.

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