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CONVERTIBLE STYLET TO ABET IN THE IMPLANT OF A LEFT HEART LEAD

  • US 20070233214A1
  • Filed: 01/09/2007
  • Published: 10/04/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/12/2004
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method of implanting a lead system for use with an implantable cardiac stimulation device, the method comprising:

  • (a) slidably introducing, into a longitudinally extending internal passage of an elongated stylet, a guide wire;

    (b) slidably introducing the combined stylet and guide wire into the longitudinally extending lumen of an elongated tubular lead body and having a thrusting region near a distal end thereof;

    (c) advancing the stylet together with the lead and guide wire until the lead encounters a turn in the vasculature of the body;

    (d) advancing the guide wire through a distal end of the stylet and into the vasculature until a distal end of the guide wire arrives at a chosen location;

    (e) continuing to advance the stylet together with the lead until the lead reaches the chosen location.

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