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METHOD OF IMPLANTING A SINGLE-CHAMBER LEADLESS INTRA-CARDIAC MEDICAL DEVICE WITH DUAL-CHAMBER FUNCTIONALITY AND SHAPED STABILIZATION INTRA-CARDIAC EXTENSION

  • US 20140172060A1
  • Filed: 02/21/2014
  • Published: 06/19/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/03/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of implanting a leadless intra-cardiac medical device (LIMD) entirely within a heart of a patient, wherein the device includes a housing and a stabilizing intra-cardiac device extension connected to the housing, the method comprising:

  • navigating the device into the heart with an introducer assembly, the extension held in a collapsed installation shape within the introducer assembly;

    positioning the introducer assembly so that the housing is proximate an implant site within the heart;

    securely anchoring the housing to the implant site;

    separating the introducer assembly and the device thereby allowing the extension to expand to a deployed implanted shape; and

    securing the extension within a portion of the heart so that the device is entirely within the heart of the patient.

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