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Lead locking device and method

  • US 20030036788A1
  • Filed: 08/20/2001
  • Published: 02/20/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/04/2000
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A lead locking device, comprising:

  • a lead insertion member having a proximal end and a distal end and comprising a lead engaging assembly, said lead insertion member defining a lumen extending along a longitudinal axis between said distal end and said proximal end of said lead engaging assembly, a mandrel disposed in said lumen of said lead engaging assembly extending along substantially the entire length of said lumen and protruding beyond the most proximal end of said lead insertion member, said mandrel including a distal portion in slidable contact with at least a portion of said lead engaging assembly, wherein said lead engaging assembly has a first configuration while being inserted into a lumen of a lead and a second configuration while engaging said lead from within said lumen of said lead, wherein said lead engaging member comprises at least two expansion jaws that in said first configuration define a substantially cylindrical body, and wherein said at least two expansion jaws translate radially outward from the longitudinal axis to engage said lumen of said lead when in said second configuration.

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