US 11,857,380 B2
Cardiac arrhythmia treatment devices and delivery
Rick Sanghera, San Clemente, CA (US); Alan Marcovecchio, San Clemente, CA (US); and Sean P. McGeehan, Encinitas, CA (US)
Assigned to Atacor Medical, Inc., San Clemente, CA (US)
Filed by AtaCor Medical, Inc., San Clemente, CA (US)
Filed on Jan. 21, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/581,543.
Application 17/581,543 is a continuation of application No. 16/453,932, filed on Jun. 26, 2019, granted, now 11,229,500.
Application 16/453,932 is a continuation of application No. 15/644,714, filed on Jul. 7, 2017, granted, now 10,743,960, issued on Aug. 18, 2020.
Application 15/644,714 is a continuation in part of application No. 14/846,578, filed on Sep. 4, 2015, granted, now 11,051,847, issued on Jul. 21, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/360,110, filed on Jul. 8, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/083,516, filed on Nov. 24, 2014.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/146,569, filed on Apr. 13, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/045,683, filed on Sep. 4, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2022/0226067 A1, Jul. 21, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61N 1/05 (2006.01); A61N 1/362 (2006.01); A61N 1/365 (2006.01); A61N 1/378 (2006.01); A61N 1/372 (2006.01); A61N 1/39 (2006.01); A61N 1/375 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 90/39 (2016.02) [A61B 90/02 (2016.02); A61N 1/0504 (2013.01); A61N 1/0563 (2013.01); A61N 1/0587 (2013.01); A61N 1/362 (2013.01); A61N 1/3621 (2013.01); A61N 1/36521 (2013.01); A61N 1/36542 (2013.01); A61N 1/36557 (2013.01); A61N 1/3787 (2013.01); A61N 1/37217 (2013.01); A61N 1/37264 (2013.01); A61N 1/3956 (2013.01); A61B 2090/3966 (2016.02); A61B 2090/3983 (2016.02); A61N 1/059 (2013.01); A61N 1/3752 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
inserting a lead for cardiac therapy into an intercostal space of a patient and proximate to a lateral margin of a patient's sternum, the lead having a distal end configured to transmit therapeutic electrical pulses from a pulse generator to a heart;
advancing a distal end of the lead through the intercostal space; and
coupling a proximal end of the lead to the pulse generator.