US 12,262,915 B2
Traction applying devices for lead removal systems
Nathan C. Francis, Colorado Springs, CO (US); and Matthew Magee, Colorado Springs, CO (US)
Assigned to KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven (NL)
Filed by KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven (NL)
Filed on Jun. 20, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/211,771.
Application 18/211,771 is a continuation of application No. 16/997,558, filed on Aug. 19, 2020, granted, now 11,678,908.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/896,887, filed on Sep. 6, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0346427 A1, Nov. 2, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 17/34 (2006.01); A61B 17/3205 (2006.01); A61N 1/05 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01)
CPC A61B 17/3468 (2013.01) [A61B 17/3205 (2013.01); A61N 1/056 (2013.01); A61B 2090/066 (2016.02); A61N 2001/0578 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for removing an implanted lead, the apparatus comprising:
a handle configured to be grasped by a user during a lead removal procedure to remove the implanted lead, wherein the implanted lead is coupled to a lead engagement device, wherein the lead engagement device comprises an elongated and flexible body configured to be inserted in a lead lumen of the implanted lead and secured to the implanted lead;
a frame coupled to the handle; and
a mandrel coupled to the frame, the mandrel configured to couple to the lead engagement device, wherein the mandrel is configured to rotate relative to the frame such that:
the lead engagement device is wound around the mandrel; and
the mandrel applies traction to the lead engagement device and the implanted lead,
wherein the handle comprises a controller configured to control the mandrel to rotate.