US 11,998,735 B2
Implantable electrical leads and associated delivery systems
Rick Sanghera, San Clemente, CA (US); Matthew Rollins, San Clemente, CA (US); John Beck, San Clemente, CA (US); William Born, San Clemente, CA (US); Shahn Sage, San Clemente, CA (US); and Alan Marcovecchio, San Clemente, CA (US)
Assigned to AtaCor Medical, Inc., San Clemente, CA (US)
Filed by ATACOR MEDICAL, INC., San Clemente, CA (US)
Filed on Aug. 31, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/900,558.
Application 17/900,558 is a continuation of application No. 16/888,462, filed on May 29, 2020, granted, now 11,672,975.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/854,178, filed on May 29, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0409891 A1, Dec. 29, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/34 (2006.01); A61N 1/05 (2006.01); A61N 1/37 (2006.01)
CPC A61N 1/0597 (2013.01) [A61B 17/3468 (2013.01); A61N 1/05 (2013.01); A61N 1/37 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00367 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00867 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A delivery system comprising:
a handle configured to be actuated by an operator;
a component advancer configured to advance a component into a patient, the component advancer configured to removably engage a portion of the component, the component advancer coupled to the handle and configured to advance the component into the patient by applying a force to the portion of the component in response to actuation of the handle by the operator; and
a unitary insertion tip configured to hold a distal tip of the component when the component is placed within the component advancer, the unitary insertion tip including:
a planar surface that is parallel to a longitudinal axis of the unitary insertion tip along the entire length of the unitary insertion tip;
a distal orifice extending through a distal end of the planar surface; and
a ramped portion at a distal tip of the unitary insertion tip, the ramped portion including a curved surface opposite only the distal orifice and configured to facilitate advancement of the component into the patient in a particular direction, through the distal orifice.