US 11,957,921 B2
Catheter-based delivery system for delivering a leadless pacemaker and employing a locking hub
Brett Hillukka, Hanover, MN (US); Thomas B. Eby, Mountain View, CA (US); Christopher Alan Hubbard, Woodridge, MN (US); Bernhard Arnar, Minnetrista, MN (US); Bradley Knippel, Lino Lakes, MN (US); Jeremiah Blue, Andover, MN (US); Jennifer Heisel, Princeton, MN (US); Rebecca Stufft, Plymouth, MN (US); and Adam Weber, Minnetonka, MN (US)
Assigned to PACESETTER, INC., Sylmar, CA (US)
Filed by PACESETTER, INC., Sylmar, CA (US)
Filed on Jan. 27, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/160,210.
Application 17/160,210 is a division of application No. 15/942,105, filed on Mar. 30, 2018, granted, now 10,960,217.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/636,063, filed on Feb. 27, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/503,888, filed on May 9, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/480,087, filed on Mar. 31, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2021/0178169 A1, Jun. 17, 2021
Int. Cl. A61N 1/375 (2006.01); A61B 17/34 (2006.01); A61M 25/00 (2006.01); A61N 1/05 (2006.01); A61N 1/362 (2006.01); A61N 1/378 (2006.01)
CPC A61N 1/3756 (2013.01) [A61B 17/3468 (2013.01); A61M 25/0097 (2013.01); A61N 1/0573 (2013.01); A61N 2001/0578 (2013.01); A61N 1/362 (2013.01); A61N 1/37512 (2017.08); A61N 1/37518 (2017.08); A61N 1/3787 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
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1. A delivery system for delivering a leadless pacemaker, the delivery system comprising:
a catheter including a distal end, a proximal end opposite the distal end, a lumen extending between the distal end and the proximal end, and a locking hub operably coupled to the proximal end, the locking hub comprising a seal element including a lumen segment of the lumen,
wherein self-biasing of the locking hub compresses the seal element, thereby reducing a diameter of the lumen segment, and
wherein actuation of the locking hub reduces the compression of the seal element thereby expanding the diameter of the lumen segment.