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US 12,194,292 · App. 18/312,993 · Granted Jan 14, 2025

Interventional medical device and method of use

Inventors: Michael D. Eggen (Chisago City, MN); James K. Carney (Roseville, MN); Matthew D. Bonner (Plymouth, MN); Vladimir Grubac (Brooklyn Park, MN); Douglas S. Hine (Forest Lake, MN); Thomas D. Brostrom (Wayzata, MN); John L. Sommer (Coon Rapids, MN)
Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
A61N1/057A61N1/37518A61N1/3756
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Patent No.
US 12,194,292
App. No.
18/312,993
Granted
Jan 14, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A relatively compact implantable medical device includes a fixation member formed by a plurality of fingers mounted around a perimeter of a distal end of a housing of the device; each finger is elastically deformable from a relaxed condition to an extended condition, to accommodate delivery of the device to a target implant site, and from the relaxed condition to a compressed condition, to accommodate wedging of the fingers between opposing tissue surfaces at the target implant site, wherein the compressed fingers hold a cardiac pacing electrode of the device in intimate tissue contact for the delivery of pacing stimulation to the site. Each fixation finger is preferably configured to prevent penetration thereof within the tissue when the fingers are compressed and wedged between the opposing tissue surfaces. The pacing electrode may be mounted on a pacing extension, which extends distally from the distal end of the device housing.

Claims (43)

1. A method for deploying an implantable medical device to a target implant site located in a chamber of a patient's heart, the device comprising a hermetically sealed housing containing an electronic controller and a pacing electrode electrically coupled to the controller and mounted in proximity to a distal end of the housing, the device comprising a fixation member located at the distal end of the housing, the device positioned in a distal-most portion of a deployment tube of a delivery tool wherein a proximal end of the device abuts a distal end of an inner member of the delivery tool, the method comprising:

navigating the delivery tool with the device positioned in the distal-most portion of the deployment tube through a venous system of the patient to locate the distal-most portion of the deployment tube in the chamber of the heart;

retracting the deployment tube of the delivery tool with respect to the inner member of the tool and the device, thereby exposing the pacing electrode;

advancing the delivery tool toward the target implant site to bring the exposed pacing electrode into contact with tissue at the target implant site; and

evaluating, prior to penetrating the tissue with the fixation member, performance of the pacing electrode when in contact with the tissue.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein navigating the delivery tool comprises advancing the delivery tool from a femoral venous access site.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein navigating the delivery tool comprises advancing the delivery tool through an inferior vena cava.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the chamber of the heart is the right atrium.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the chamber of the heart is the right ventricle.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising determining, based on the performance of the pacing electrode, whether the pacing electrode is in contact with a desired implant site.

7. The method of claim 6 , further comprising fixating the device to the tissue if the device is found to be in contact with the desired implant site.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein evaluating the performance of the pacing electrode comprises mapping electrical activity of the heart.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein evaluating the performance of the pacing electrode comprises checking a pacing threshold.

10. The method of claim 1 , further comprising fixating the device to the tissue using the fixation member.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the fixation member comprises a plurality of fixation fingers.

12. The method of claim 10 , wherein the fixation member comprises a plurality of projections having a flat cross section with a greater width than thickness.

13. The method of claim 1 , wherein the pacing electrode is coupled to the electronic controller via a feedthrough assembly.

14. The method of claim 1 , wherein the delivery tool further comprises a handle secured to a proximal end of the deployment tube, and the handle comprises a control member which is operable to facilitate retraction of the deployment tube relative to the inner member.

15. The method of claim 1 , wherein the deployment tube comprises a distal opening that terminates the distal end of the deployment tube.

16. The method of claim 1 , wherein the distal-most portion of the deployment tube is larger in diameter than an adjacent proximal portion of the deployment tube.

17. The method of claim 16 , wherein the distal-most portion of the deployment tube is configured to contain the medical device and a distal end of the inner member of the tool.

18. The method of claim 17 , wherein the distal-most portion of the deployment tube is further configured to contain the fixation member in a location within the distal-most portion of the deployment tube, distal of the device housing.

19. The method of claim 1 , wherein a length of the deployment tube is between approximately 103 cm and approximately 107 cm.

20. The method of claim 1 , further comprising;

retracting the deployment tube to expose the fixation member out from a distal opening defined by the deployment tube; and

evaluating performance of the pacing electrode after exposing the fixation member out through the distal opening and prior to fixating the device to the tissue.

21. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

displacing, after evaluating the performance of the pacing electrode and prior to fixating the device to the tissue, the delivery tool away from the target implant site and moving the delivery tool into proximity with a second target implant site within the chamber of the heart;

evaluating, prior to fixating the device to tissue at the second target implant site, performance of the pacing electrode when in contact with the tissue at the second target implant site,

fixating the device to the tissue at the second implant site if the device is found to be in contact with the second implant site.

22. A method for deploying an implantable medical device to a target implant site located in a chamber of a patient's heart, the medical device comprising a hermetically sealed housing containing an electronic controller and a pacing electrode electrically coupled to the controller and mounted in proximity to a distal end of the housing, and the medical device comprising a fixation member located in proximity to the distal end of the housing, the method comprising:

loading the medical device into a distal-most portion of a deployment tube of a delivery tool such that a distal end of an inner member of the delivery tool engages a proximal end of the medical device;

advancing the delivery tool with the medical device positioned in the distal-most portion of the deployment tube through a venous system of the patient to locate the distal-most portion of the tube in the chamber of the heart;

retracting the deployment tube of the delivery tool with respect to the inner member of the delivery tool and the medical device;

advancing the delivery tool toward the target implant site to bring the pacing electrode into contact with tissue at the target implant site; and

evaluating, prior to penetrating the tissue with the fixation member, performance of the pacing electrode when in contact with the tissue.

23. The method of claim 22 , further comprising determining, based on the performance of the pacing electrode, whether the pacing electrode is in contact with a desired implant site.

24. The method of claim 23 , further comprising fixating the device to the tissue if the medical device is found to be in contact with the desired implant site.

25. The method of claim 22 , further comprising fixating the device to the tissue using the fixation member.

26. The method of claim 22 , wherein the delivery tool further comprises a handle secured to a proximal end of the deployment tube, and the handle comprises a control member which is operable to facilitate retraction of the deployment tube relative to the inner member.

27. The method of claim 22 , wherein the distal-most portion of the deployment tube is larger in diameter than an adjacent proximal portion of the deployment tube.

28. The method of claim 27 , wherein the distal-most portion of the deployment tube is configured to contain the medical device and a distal end of the inner member of the tool.

29. The method of claim 28 , wherein the distal-most portion of the deployment tube is further configured to contain the fixation member in a location within the distal-most portion of the deployment tube, distal of the device housing.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 5, 2023
From: EGGEN, MICHAEL D.; CARNEY, JAMES K.; BONNER, MATTHEW D.; GRUBAC, VLADIMIR; HINE, DOUGLAS S.; BROSTROM, THOMAS D.; SOMMER, JOHN L.
To: MEDTRONIC, INC.
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Continuity (4)
Continuation 16686617 · Nov 18, 2019
Continuation 14518261 · Oct 20, 2014
Provisional Application 62041954 · Aug 26, 2014
Related Publication 20230270999A1 · Aug 31, 2023
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