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Pacing lead with tine protector

  • US 4,262,678 A
  • Filed: 06/28/1979
  • Issued: 04/21/1981
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/28/1979
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In combination, tine protector and transvenous pacing lead comprising:

  • a. tine protector including four opposing walls and a bottom wall, said walls structurally connected together, a first round hole in one of said walls, and a longitudinal vertical slit and a second round hole in the other of said opposing wall, said round holes geometrically opposing each other;

    b. transvenous pacing lead including an electrode axially secured to a space-wound coil covered with insulation and a plurality of outward angularly extending tines from said electrode, and;

    c. said electrode frictionally engaged within and to said first hole and said space-wound coil covered with insulation of said lead frictionally engages within and to said second hole through said longitudinal vertical slit whereby said tines of said electrode lead are protected within the confines of said walls of said tine protector.

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