US 11,666,752 B2
Leadless cardiac pacing devices
Benjamin J. Haasl, Forest Lake, MN (US); Dana Sachs, Pine City, MN (US); and Keith R. Maile, New Brighton, MN (US)
Assigned to CARDIAC PACEMAKERS, INC., St. Paul, MN (US)
Filed by CARDIAC PACEMAKERS, INC., St. Paul, MN (US)
Filed on Nov. 4, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/88,835.
Application 17/088,835 is a continuation of application No. 16/210,536, filed on Dec. 5, 2018, granted, now 10,857,353.
Application 16/210,536 is a continuation of application No. 14/452,680, filed on Aug. 6, 2014, granted, now 10,179,236, issued on Jan. 15, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/866,799, filed on Aug. 16, 2013.
Prior Publication US 2021/0128908 A1, May 6, 2021
Int. Cl. A61N 1/05 (2006.01); A61N 1/362 (2006.01); A61N 1/372 (2006.01); A61N 1/375 (2006.01)
CPC A61N 1/0573 (2013.01) [A61N 1/362 (2013.01); A61N 1/3756 (2013.01); A61N 1/37205 (2013.01); A61N 1/37518 (2017.08); A61N 2001/058 (2013.01); A61N 2001/0578 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An implantable leadless pacing device, comprising:
a pacing capsule including a housing, the housing having a proximal region and a distal region;
a first electrode extending distally from the distal region; and
a plurality of anchoring members, each of the plurality of anchoring members including a base region coupled to the distal region of the housing and a pointed distal tip configured for penetrating tissue;
wherein each of the plurality of anchoring members includes a first curved region and a straight region;
wherein the straight region is located between the first curved region and the distal tip; and
wherein each of the plurality of anchoring members includes a second curved region, the second curved region located between the straight region and the distal tip.