| 发明名称 |
MEDICAL TOOLS AND METHODS FOR GAINING ACCESS TO EXTRAVASCULAR SPACES |
| 摘要 |
This disclosure provides tools and implant techniques utilizing such tools to gain access to and implant a medical device, such as a medical electrical lead, within extravascular spaces. In one example, this disclosure provides a tool for creating a sub-sternal tunnel in a patient. The tool comprises a relatively straight guide member extending from a first end thereof to a second end thereof, a tunneling member extending from a first end thereof to a tip thereof, the tunneling member extending alongside and coplanar with the guide member, the first end of the tunneling member and the first end of the guide member being joined together, and a handle coupled to the guide member. |
| 申请公布号 |
US2017007287(A1) |
申请公布日期 |
2017.01.12 |
| 申请号 |
US201615204579 |
申请日期 |
2016.07.07 |
| 申请人 |
Medtronic, Inc. |
发明人 |
MALEWICZ Andrzej M.;DRAKE Ronald A.;ANDERSON Keith D.;CHRISTOPHERSON Roger A.;ASLESON Andrea J.;FISCHER Trent M.;STENER Lester O. |
| 分类号 |
A61B17/32;A61B17/34 |
主分类号 |
A61B17/32 |
| 代理机构 |
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代理人 |
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| 主权项 |
1. A tool for creating a sub-sternal tunnel in a patient, the tool comprising:
a relatively straight guide member extending from a first end thereof to a second end thereof; a tunneling member extending from a first end thereof to a tip thereof, the tunneling member extending alongside and coplanar with the guide member, the first end of the tunneling member and the first end of the guide member being joined together; and a handle coupled to the guide member. |
| 地址 |
Minneapolis MN US |
