US 12,186,551 B2
Coupling system between a medical device and its implantation accessory
Jean-François Ollivier, Villiers le Bâcle (FR)
Assigned to SORIN CRM SAS, Clamart (FR)
Filed by SORIN CRM SAS, Clamart (FR)
Filed on Jan. 5, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/141,384.
Application 17/141,384 is a continuation of application No. 15/984,307, filed on May 18, 2018, granted, now 10,933,235.
Application 15/984,307 is a continuation of application No. 14/312,410, filed on Jun. 23, 2014, granted, now 9,974,948.
Claims priority of application No. 1356021 (FR), filed on Jun. 24, 2013.
Prior Publication US 2021/0121689 A1, Apr. 29, 2021
Int. Cl. A61N 1/05 (2006.01); A61N 1/372 (2006.01); A61N 1/375 (2006.01)
CPC A61N 1/0573 (2013.01) [A61N 1/372 (2013.01); A61N 1/37205 (2013.01); A61N 1/3756 (2013.01); A61N 2001/058 (2013.01); A61N 1/37518 (2017.08)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus comprising:
a steerable catheter comprising, on a distal end, a tubular element, a tubular protection tip having an internal lumen configured to house an implantable medical device, the tubular protection tip comprising:
a fastening mechanism comprising an elastic deformable component that is a lamella positioned in a hollow cylinder that cooperates with a rigid plug element inserted into the hollow cylinder;
wherein the elastic deformable component is configured to provide radial compression about the rigid plug element, and wherein application of a torsion torque to the tubular element during implantation of the implantable medical device causes the elastic deformable component to release the rigid plug element.