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Implantable medical device having pre-implant exoskeleton

  • US 7,747,335 B2
  • Filed: 12/10/2004
  • Issued: 06/29/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/12/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An implantable intravascular medical system including:

  • a flexible elongate sleeve proportioned and adapted for chronic implantation within a blood vessel of a patient and having an exterior surface and an interior surface defining an interior volume;

    an implantable intravascular medical device releasably positionable within the interior volume of the sleeve after implanting the sleeve in the patient, the implantable intravascular medical device including a housing and a pulse generator sealed within the housing, wherein the sleeve is separably implantable from the implantable intravascular medical device; and

    an anchor on the exterior surface of the flexible elongate sleeve, the anchor expendable into contact with an inner wall of the blood vessel.

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