US 11,730,955 B2
Systems and methods for implanting a medical device
Alexander R. Bornzin, Los Angeles, CA (US); Gene A. Bornzin, Santa Monica, CA (US); and Zoltan Somogyi, Simi Valley, CA (US)
Assigned to Pacesetter, Inc., Sylmar, CA (US)
Filed by Pacesetter, Inc., Sylmar, CA (US)
Filed on Oct. 13, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/964,967.
Application 17/964,967 is a continuation of application No. 16/907,515, filed on Jun. 22, 2020, granted, now 11,511,108.
Prior Publication US 2023/0035495 A1, Feb. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. A61N 1/05 (2006.01)
CPC A61N 1/057 (2013.01) [A61N 1/0563 (2013.01); A61N 2001/058 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
providing an introducer sheath having a proximal sheath end and a distal sheath end, the introducer sheath having a lumen that extends between the proximal and distal sheath ends;
inserting the introducer sheath through a vascular system into a chamber of a heart, the introducer sheath having one or more closed layers that entirely surround the lumen and extend along a length of the introducer sheath;
advancing an implantable lead through the lumen of the introducer sheath, the implantable lead including a lead body having a distal lead end and a proximal lead end, the implantable lead having electrodes positioned at the distal lead end and having a lead connector positioned at the proximal lead end, wherein the lead body has a body outer envelope that fits within the lumen of the introducer sheath and the lead connector has a connector outer envelope that fits within the lumen of the introducer sheath such that the introducer sheath is configured to slide over the lead connector when the introducer sheath is removed;
positioning the distal lead end of the implantable lead at a desired position within a patient;
removing the introducer sheath such that an interior surface of the lumen slides along an exterior surface of the implantable lead; and
sliding the distal sheath end over the proximal lead end such that the introducer sheath clears the lead connector.