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DELIVERY OF CARDIAC STIMULATION DEVICES

  • US 20120232565A1
  • Filed: 05/21/2012
  • Published: 09/13/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/21/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system, comprising:

  • an intravascularly-deliverable medical device including a fixation device configured to engage heart wall tissue; and

    a guide sheath defining a first lumen, the guide sheath configured to direct the intravascularly-deliverable medical device to the heart wall tissue via the first lumen;

    wherein the fixation device comprises;

    one or more tines having a non-deployed configuration and a deployed configuration, wherein in the deployed configuration the one or more tines extend distally from a distal end of the intravascularly-deliverable medical device to engage the heart wall tissue, wherein at least one of the one or more tines is configured to curl outwardly away from the distal end when in the deployed configuration; and

    a collar coupled to the one or more tines and configured to move the one or more tines from the non-deployed configuration to the deployed configuration.

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