BODY LUMEN SHAPING DEVICE WITH CARDIAC LEADS

• US 20070066879A1
• Filed: 10/17/2006
• Published: 03/22/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 01/30/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Cardiac Pacemakers Incorporated (Boston Scientific Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Cardiac Pacemakers Incorporated (Boston Scientific Corporation)
• Inventors: Nieminen, Gregory, Reuter, David, Mathis, Mark
• Application Number:
  US11/550,354
• Publication Number:
  US 20070066879A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/375
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2017/00243 cardiac
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2/2451 Inserts in the coronary sinus for correcting the valve shape
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 1/057 Anchoring means; Means for fixing the head inside the heart
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 2001/0585 Coronary sinus electrodes

Abstract

A shaping device and a cardiac lead, both adapted to be disposed in a coronary sinus of a patient'"'"'s heart, are provided. In one method, a patient is treated by deploying in the patient'"'"'s coronary sinus a shaping device and a cardiac lead and using the shaping device to modify mitral valve geometry.

Claims

1. A device for treating a condition of the heart and which is configured to be deployed in a coronary sinus, said device comprising:

expandable first and second anchors interconnected by a connecting member disposed between the first and second anchors; and

a retention member adapted for holding a cardiac lead in a coronary sinus.

2. The device of claim 1, wherein the retention member is a loop, hook, grasper or the like.

3. The device of claim 2 wherein the cardiac lead is an IPG, ICD, PCD or pacemaker lead.

4. A device for treating a condition of a patient'"'"'s heart and which is configured to be deployed in a coronary sinus, said device comprising:

an expandable distal anchor;

an expandable proximal anchor;

a connecting member disposed between the distal and proximal anchors;

one or more electrodes; and

a lead wire which operationally couples the one or more electrodes to an EP system.

5. The device of claim 4 wherein the distal and proximal anchors further comprise a distal and proximal crimp tube respectively.

6. The device of claim 4 wherein the one or more electrodes are located on the distal anchor, the proximal anchor or both.

7. The device of claim 5 wherein the one or more electrodes are located on a connecting member, a crimp tube or both.

8. The device of claim 4 wherein one or more of the crimp tubes, connector or both are adapted to couple to the EP system.

9. The device of claim 4 wherein the EP system is an IPG, ICD, PCD or pacemaker system.