Granted Patent
B2
US 12,296,177 · App. 16/723,805 · Granted May 13, 2025
Delivery systems and methods for left ventricular pacing
Inventors:
Nathan A. Grenz (North Oaks, MN); Ronald A. Drake (St. Louis Park, MN); Zhongping Yang (Woodbury, MN); Douglas S. Hine (Forest Lake, MN)
Assignee:
Medtronic, Inc.
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Abstract
A method of delivering a pacing lead may include locating a potential implantation site adjacent to or within the triangle of Koch region of a patient's heart. The method may include advancing a pacing lead to the potential implantation site. The pacing lead has an elongate body and a fixation element coupled to a distal portion and attachable to the right-atrial endocardium adjacent to or within the triangle of Koch region. The method may include implanting the pacing lead at the potential implantation site to or sense electrical activity of the left ventricle in the basal and/or septal region of the left ventricular myocardium of the patient's heart. The pacing lead may include a lumen configured to receive a guide wire. A sheath of a delivery system used to deliver the pacing lead may include two or more curves to facilitate implanting the pacing lead at the implantation site.
Claims (16)
1. A pacing lead delivery system comprising:
a sheath comprising an elongate body defining a lumen extending between a proximal portion and a distal portion;
a guide wire at least partially disposable in the lumen of the sheath;
a needle-tipped dilator configured to advance over the guide wire and to engage tissue in a potential implantation site; and
a pacing lead comprising an elongate body extending from a proximal portion to a distal portion and a fixation element coupled to the distal portion and attachable to an implantation site in the right-atrial endocardium adjacent to or within the triangle of Koch region in the right atrium of a patient's heart to deliver cardiac therapy to and sense electrical activity of the left ventricle in the basal region, septal region, or basal-septal region of the left ventricular myocardium of the patient's heart.
2. The pacing lead delivery system according to claim 1 , wherein the elongate body defines a lumen extending between the proximal portion and the distal portion configured to receive the guide wire.
3. The pacing lead delivery system according to claim 1 , wherein the fixation element of the pacing lead comprises a helical attachment element.
4. The pacing lead delivery system according to claim 3 , wherein the pacing lead is freely rotatable relative to the sheath, the guide wire, or both.
5. The pacing lead delivery system according to claim 1 , wherein the sheath comprises a fixed curve configured to extend to the implantation site adjacent to or within the triangle of Koch region in the right atrium of the patient's heart using the coronary sinus.
6. The pacing lead delivery system according to claim 1 , wherein the sheath is deflectable and comprises a first curve segment and a second curve segment distal to the first curve segment configured to extend to the implantation site adjacent to or within the triangle of Koch region in the right atrium of the patient's heart through the coronary sinus.
7. The pacing lead delivery system according to claim 6 , wherein the first curve segment has a first radius of curvature and the second curve segment has a second radius of curvature less than the first radius of curvature.
8. The pacing lead delivery system according to claim 6 , wherein the first curve segment is aligned to a first plane and the second curve segment is aligned to a second plane having a different orientation than the first plane.
9. The pacing lead delivery system according to claim 6 , wherein the first curve segment is adjustable relative to the second curve segment.
10. The pacing lead delivery system according to claim 1 , wherein the needle-tipped dilator or guide wire is configured to form an opening in tissue in the potential implantation site.
11. The pacing lead delivery system according to claim 10 , wherein the sheath is configured to be inserted into the opening in tissue formed by the needle-tipped dilator to guide the pacing lead to the potential implantation site.
12. The pacing lead delivery system according to claim 10 , wherein the guide wire is configured to be inserted into the opening in tissue formed by the needle-tipped dilator to guide advancement of the pacing lead to the potential implantation site.
Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST
Recorded Dec 26, 2019
From: GRENZ, NATHAN A.; DRAKE, RONALD A.; YANG, ZHONGPING; HINE, DOUGLAS S.
To: MEDTRONIC, INC.
Reel/Frame 051366/0341 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application
62783479
· Dec 21, 2018
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