US 12,214,206 B2
Tools and assemblies thereof for implantable medical devices
Sean Ward, Dublin (IE); Rónán P. Wood, Galway (IE); Paula McDonnell, Galway (IE); Gwenda Francis, Galway (IE); and Aram Jamous, Athenry (IE)
Assigned to Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US)
Filed by Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US)
Filed on Sep. 3, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/466,819.
Application 17/466,819 is a continuation of application No. 16/421,915, filed on May 24, 2019, granted, now 11,110,278.
Application 16/421,915 is a continuation of application No. 14/040,110, filed on Sep. 27, 2013, granted, now 10,300,286, issued on May 28, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0054829 A1, Feb. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. A61M 25/01 (2006.01); A61N 1/05 (2006.01); A61N 1/362 (2006.01); A61N 1/372 (2006.01); A61N 1/375 (2006.01)
CPC A61N 1/362 (2013.01) [A61M 25/0141 (2013.01); A61N 1/056 (2013.01); A61N 1/37205 (2013.01); A61N 1/3756 (2013.01)] 24 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A tool facilitating deployment of an implantable medical device, the tool comprising:
a pull wire;
a handle assembly including a control member operably connected to the pull wire, wherein actuation of the control member by a user actuates the pull wire;
an elongate assembly, wherein a distal-most portion of the elongate assembly is configured to receive the implantable medical device and defines a distal opening configured for deployment of the implantable medical device out from the distal-most portion, wherein the elongate assembly comprises one or more segments proximal from the distal-most portion, the one or more segments configured to cause the elongate assembly to bend in a first direction and a second direction in response to actuation of the pull wire; and
a tether assembly comprising:
a tether secured to an end of the implantable medical device; and
a proximal member received in a proximal end of the handle assembly, the proximal member comprising a tether anchor and a knob coupled to the tether anchor, the knob configured to facilitate proximal movement of the proximal member relative to the handle assembly, wherein a proximal portion of the tether is coupled to the tether anchor, wherein the knob is wider than the tether anchor in a transverse direction and the tether anchor is longer than the knob in a longitudinal direction.