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SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RETRIEVAL OF AN IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE

  • US 20120109148A1
  • Filed: 10/29/2010
  • Published: 05/03/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/29/2010
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A medical device system, comprising:

  • an implantable medical device having a fixation member operatively coupled to said housing having an engaged state configured to engage tissue of a patient, said medical device being magnetically attractable;

    a catheter having a lumen and a distal portion configured for insertion in a proximity of said implantable medical device; and

    a magnetic element being configured to pass through said lumen of said catheter and to magnetically engage said implantable medical device when inserted toward said distal portion of said catheter.

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