Pulse generator header lead introducer tool
First Claim
1. An apparatus, comprising:
- a sleeve having a peripheral surface, a first end and a second end, where the sleeve includes an opening extending from the first end to the second end and adapted to hold at least a portion of a cardiac lead, and where the sleeve includes a first slit extending from the peripheral surface to the opening and from the first end to the second end; and
the cardiac lead includes a strain relief boot.
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Abstract
A cardiac lead introducing apparatus, the cardiac lead introducing apparatus having a sleeve with a peripheral surface, a first end and a second end, where the sleeve includes an opening extending from the first end to the second end and adapted to hold at least a portion of a cardiac lead. The cardiac lead introducing apparatus further includes a first slit extending from the peripheral surface to the opening and from the first end to the second end which permits the sleeve to separate so the cardiac lead can pass through the cardiac lead introducing apparatus without any longitudinal motion of the device with respect to the cardiac lead. In one embodiment, the diameter of the opening is smaller than the outer diameter of the cardiac lead which permits the cardiac lead to be held static within the introducing apparatus as the lead connector of the cardiac lead is inserted into the socket of an implantable pulse generator connector block.
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23 Claims
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1. An apparatus, comprising:
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a sleeve having a peripheral surface, a first end and a second end, where the sleeve includes an opening extending from the first end to the second end and adapted to hold at least a portion of a cardiac lead, and where the sleeve includes a first slit extending from the peripheral surface to the opening and from the first end to the second end; and
the cardiac lead includes a strain relief boot. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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9. An apparatus, comprising:
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a sleeve having a peripheral surface, a first end and a second end, where the sleeve includes an opening extending from the first end to the second end and adapted to hold at least a portion of a cardiac lead, and where the sleeve includes a first slit extending from the peripheral surface to the opening and from the first end to the second end;
the cardiac lead includes an outer diameter and the opening includes a first diameter, where the first diameter is smaller than the outer diameter of the cardiac lead; and
where the cardiac lead body includes a strain relief boot, and the opening includes a first region having the first diameter and a second region having a second diameter where the first diameter is less than the second diameter, and where the first region is adapted to hold at least a portion the cardiac lead and the second region is adapted to hold at least a portion of the strain relief boot.
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10. An apparatus, comprising:
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a sleeve having a peripheral surface, a first end and a second end, where the sleeve includes an opening extending from the first end to the second end and added to hold at least a portion of a cardiac lead, and where the sleeve includes a first slit extending from the peripheral surface to the opening and from the first end to the second end; and
a releasable closure strip which joins the sleeve along the first slit, where the releasable closure strip extends longitudinally between the first end and the second end of the sleeve. - View Dependent Claims (15)
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16. A method, comprising:
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supporting at least a portion of a cardiac lead with a sleeve;
inserting the cardiac lead into an implantable pulse generator through the use of the sleeve;
removing a releasable strip from the sleeve; and
separating the sleeve from the cardiac lead. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. An apparatus, comprising:
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a sleeve having a peripheral surface, a first end and a second end, where the sleeve includes an opening extending from the first end to the second end and adapted to hold at least a portion of a cardiac lead, and where the sleeve includes a first slit extending from the peripheral surface to the opening and from the first end to the second end; and
one or more expansion ribs associated with the sleeve.
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22. An apparatus, comprising:
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a sleeve having a peripheral surface, a first end and a second end, where the sleeve includes an opening extending from the first end to the second end and adapted to hold at least a portion of a cardiac lead, and where the sleeve includes a first slit extending from the peripheral surface to the opening and from the first end to the second end;
where the sleeve includes a corrugated region adapted to collapse as the lead is inserted in to the pulse generator. - View Dependent Claims (23)
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