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Device for explanting a medical electrode device

  • US 5,575,797 A
  • Filed: 09/23/1994
  • Issued: 11/19/1996
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/24/1993
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An explanting device for explanting an implanted electrode device, said electrode device comprising an intravascular or intracardiac electrode device having an electrode cable with a length, a diameter and a distal end, and an electrode head disposed at said distal end, said explanting device comprising:

  • a stiff sleeve having a length which is substantially shorter than the length of said electrode cable and a diameter which is slightly larger than said diameter of said electrode cable;

    an annular cutting edge disposed at one end of said sleeve facing said distal end of said cable; and

    control means, manipulatable by a user, connected at an end of said sleeve opposite said cutting edge for sliding said sleeve along an exterior of said implanted electrode device to cut fibrotic tissue.

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