US 12,226,593 B2
Biostimulator transport system having valve bypass tool
David Rickheim, Bloomington, MN (US); and Scott M. Smith, Monticello, MN (US)
Assigned to PACESETTER, INC., Sylmar, CA (US)
Filed by Pacesetter, Inc., Sylmar, CA (US)
Filed on May 20, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/750,199.
Application 17/750,199 is a continuation of application No. 16/528,264, filed on Jul. 31, 2019, granted, now 11,364,364.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/843,134, filed on May 3, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0347429 A1, Nov. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. A61M 25/00 (2006.01); A61M 25/01 (2006.01); A61M 25/06 (2006.01); A61N 1/375 (2006.01); G06F 3/16 (2006.01); G10L 15/08 (2006.01); G10L 15/22 (2006.01); G10L 15/30 (2013.01); A61N 1/05 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 25/0068 (2013.01) [A61M 25/0136 (2013.01); A61M 25/0662 (2013.01); A61N 1/3756 (2013.01); G06F 3/167 (2013.01); G10L 15/08 (2013.01); G10L 15/22 (2013.01); G10L 15/30 (2013.01); A61M 2025/0681 (2013.01); A61M 2025/0687 (2013.01); A61N 2001/0578 (2013.01); A61N 2001/058 (2013.01); G10L 2015/088 (2013.01); G10L 2015/223 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A valve bypass tool, comprising:
a bypass sheath having a solid tubular wall around a bypass lumen, wherein the solid tubular wall is formed from a rigid metal; and
a tool body mounted on an outer surface of the solid tubular wall, wherein the tool body has a body lumen aligned with the bypass lumen, wherein the tool body is formed from a polymer, and wherein a pair of push tabs extend radially outward from a distal end of the tool body on diametrically opposed sides of the tool body.