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DELIVERY STYSTEM FOR AN IMPLANTABLE PHYSIOLOGIC SENSOR

  • US 20080071248A1
  • Filed: 09/13/2007
  • Published: 03/20/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/15/2006
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A system for deploying an implantable sensor assembly at an implantation site in a patient, the sensor assembly including a sensor element and an anchor, the system comprising:

  • an outer catheter;

    an elongate, tubular first inner member movable within the outer catheter and having a distal end portion terminating in a distal opening, the distal end portion sized to receive at least a portion of the sensor assembly for delivery of the sensor assembly to the implantation site; and

    a retaining element slidably disposed within the first inner member, the retaining element including;

    an elongate body having a distal end;

    a sensor engagement structure on the distal end of the body adapted to releasably engage the sensor assembly; and

    an actuating member slidably coupled to the body and adapted to cause the sensor engagement structure to engage the sensor.

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