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US 12,409,054 · App. 17/268,040 · Granted Sep 9, 2025

Pivot delivery system for implantable medical device

Inventors: Michael T. Wiehn (Flagstaff, AZ); Taylor B. Wiehn (Flagstaff, AZ)
Assignee: W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
A61F2/95A61F2/07A61F2002/9511A61M25/0147A61M2025/015
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Patent No.
US 12,409,054
App. No.
17/268,040
Granted
Sep 9, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Various aspects of the present disclosure are directed toward apparatuses, systems, and methods that include steering an implantable medical device. The apparatuses, systems, and methods may include an actuation line; a pivot coupled to the implantable medical device; and a tether attached at one end to the actuation line and arranged through the pivot.

Claims (30)

1. An implantable medical device and a system for steering the implantable medical device, the system comprising:

an actuation line;

a pivot forming a loop coupled to an exterior surface of the implantable medical device; and

a tether attached at one end to the actuation line and arranged through the loop of the pivot and configured to orient the implantable medical device in response to tension applied to the actuation line and release from the pivot after the implantable medical device is oriented.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the loop comprises a layer of loop material that forms a lumen between the exterior surface of the implantable medical device defined by a graft material.

3. The system of claim 2 , wherein the actuation line includes an eyelet and the tether is attached to the eyelet at the one end and arranged through the pivot and the eyelet.

4. The system of claim 3 , wherein the tether is arranged through the eyelet, arranged through the loop, and subsequently attached to the eyelet.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the pivot and the actuation line are configured to form a pulley to orient the implantable medical device in response to tension applied to the actuation line.

6. The system of claim 1 , further comprising an actuation line sleeve and the tether is pulled into the actuation line sleeve in response to tension applied to the actuation line.

7. The system of claim 6 , wherein the actuation line sleeve is attached to the exterior surface of the implantable medical device proximal to the pivot.

8. The system of claim 6 , wherein the pivot and the actuation line sleeve are configured to form a pulley to orient the implantable medical device in response to tension applied to the actuation line.

9. The system of claim 1 , further comprising a removable lock wire configured to maintain coupling of the tether to the implantable medical device.

10. The system of claim 9 , wherein the tether includes an eyelet and the removable lock wire is arranged through the eyelet to couple the removable lock wire to the tether.

11. The system of claim 10 , wherein the eyelet of the tether is at or near a proximal end of the tether and a distal end of the tether is coupled to the actuation line.

12. The system of claim 11 , wherein the removable lock wire is arranged through a flow lumen of the implantable medical device and the tether is arranged from the flow lumen of the implantable medical device at the proximal end of the tether to an exterior surface of the implantable medical device at the distal end of the tether.

13. The system of claim 12 , wherein the tether is configured to release from the actuation line in response to withdraw of the removable lock wire from the eyelet of the tether.

14. The system of claim 9 , further comprising a catheter arranged through a lumen of the implantable medical device, wherein a proximal end of the tether is releasably coupled to the catheter, and a distal end of the tether is coupled to the actuation line.

15. A system comprising:

a catheter;

an implantable medical device arranged near a leading end of the catheter and including a proximal end, a distal end, and a flow lumen extending therebetween;

a pivot forming a loop coupled to an exterior surface of the implantable medical device;

a sleeve coupled to the exterior surface of the implantable medical device proximal to the loop;

an actuation line arranged through a lumen defined by the sleeve; and

a tether coupled to the actuation line and arranged through the loop and configured to steer the implantable medical device in response to tension applied to the actuation line; wherein the tether is releasable from the pivot after the implantable medical device is oriented as desired.

16. The system of claim 15 , wherein the loop and the sleeve are pivot points and are configured to form a pulley between the tether and the actuation line to steer the implantable medical device in response to tension applied to the actuation line.

17. The system of claim 15 , further comprising a removable lock wire configured to maintain coupling of the tether to the implantable medical device, and wherein the tether is configured to release from the actuation line in response to withdraw of the removable lock wire.

18. A method of steering an implantable medical device, the method comprising:

delivering the implantable medical device to a target location within a patient's vasculature; and

manipulating an actuation line coupled to the implantable medical device by a tether arranged through a pivot forming a loop and coupled to an exterior surface of the implantable medical device to steer the implantable medical device; further including uncoupling the tether from the pivot after the implantable medical device is oriented.

19. The method of claim 18 , further including maintaining coupling of the tether to the implantable medical device by a removable lock wire during the steering of the implantable medical device, and releasing the tether from the loop by withdrawing the removable lock wire.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 15, 2021
From: WIEHN, MICHAEL T.; WIEHN, TAYLOR B.
To: W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
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