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Implantable electrode line

  • US 8,676,352 B2
  • Filed: 05/21/2009
  • Issued: 03/18/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/23/2008
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A fastening device for fixing implantable medical devices to tissue including:

  • a. a main body (1) having;

    (1) a first end (1a),(2) a second end (1b) bearing an inflexible and inextensible first body support (3),(3) an extensible body section (2) between the first end (1a) and the second end (1b),b. a flexible elongated first anchor (4);

    (1) extending from the main body (1), and(2) being attached to the first body support (3) at a first anchor mount (4a), andc. a flexible first retraction device (5) connected between a first anchor fastening location (5b) on the first anchor (4) and a first body fastening location (5a) on the extensible body section (2) of the main body (1), the first retraction device (5);

    (1) serving as a tether on the first anchor (4), whereby tension on the first retraction device (5) is transmitted to the first anchor (4), and(2) including a thin flexible fin extending attached without interruption;

    (a) along a length of the first anchor (4) between the first anchor fastening location (5b) and the first anchor mount (4a), and(b) along a length of the extensible body section (2) between the first anchor mount (4a) and the first body fastening location (5a);

    the extensible body section (2) being convertible from an unextended state into an extended state wherein;

    i. the spacing between the first body fastening location (5a) and the first anchor mount (4a) is increased, andii. the first anchor (4) is pulled by the first retraction device (5) toward the extensible body section (2).

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