Device and method for retaining a medical device within a vessel
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1. A method for retaining a medical device within a blood vessel, comprising the steps of:
- providing a retention sleeve, the retention sleeve expandable from a compressed position to an expanded position;
introducing a medical device into a blood vessel;
with the retention sleeve in the compressed position, positioning the retention sleeve in the vessel adjacent to the medical device; and
expanding the retention sleeve to the expanded position to engage the medical device between an exterior surface of the retention sleeve and a surface of the vessel.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for retaining a medical device within a blood vessel are described. A medical device (e.g. a pulse generator or a lead) is positioned within a blood vessel. An expandable the retention sleeve is passed into the vessel adjacent to the medical device and expanded to an expanded position to engage the medical device between an exterior surface of the retention sleeve and a surface of the vessel.
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1. A method for retaining a medical device within a blood vessel, comprising the steps of:
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providing a retention sleeve, the retention sleeve expandable from a compressed position to an expanded position;
introducing a medical device into a blood vessel;
with the retention sleeve in the compressed position, positioning the retention sleeve in the vessel adjacent to the medical device; and
expanding the retention sleeve to the expanded position to engage the medical device between an exterior surface of the retention sleeve and a surface of the vessel. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A retention device for retaining a medical device within a blood vessel, comprising:
a tubular member proportioned for receipt within a vessel adjacent to a medical device to be retained within the vessel, at least a portion of the tubular member being radially expandable to radially engage a vessel wall and to thereby retain the medical device against the vessel wall. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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36. A system for retaining a medical device within a blood vessel, the system comprising:
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a fluid impermeable vessel liner proportioned to be received with a vessel;
a medical device positionable within the vessel liner; and
an expandable retention device proportioned to be telescopically received within the vessel liner, the tubular member radially expandable within the vessel liner into contact with medical device to thereby retain the medical device between the tubular member and the vessel liner. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54)
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