US 12,011,296 B2
Systems and methods for implanting an implantable cardiac monitor
Li Jin, Cupertino, CA (US); Gene A. Bornzin, Simi Valley, CA (US); Zoltan Somogyi, Simi Valley, CA (US); Alex Soriano, Ventura, CA (US); Jake Singer, Santa Monica, CA (US); Tejpal Singh, Stevenson Ranch, CA (US); Wenbo Hou, Santa Clarita, CA (US); Julie Prillinger, Redwood City, CA (US); Armando M. Cappa, Granada Hills, CA (US); Mitch Goodman, Santa Clarita, CA (US); and Tracee Eidenschink, Wayzata, MN (US)
Assigned to Pacesetter, Inc., Sylmar, CA (US)
Filed by Pacesetter, Inc., Sylmar, CA (US)
Filed on Nov. 30, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/538,473.
Application 17/538,473 is a continuation of application No. 15/387,144, filed on Dec. 21, 2016, abandoned.
Prior Publication US 2022/0079523 A1, Mar. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. A61M 25/01 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/361 (2021.01); A61M 37/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 5/686 (2013.01) [A61B 5/361 (2021.01); A61B 2560/063 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An insertion system comprising:
an obturator;
an implantable cardiac monitor (ICM);
an insertion housing comprising:
a passage extending from a first end of the insertion housing through a receptacle section of the insertion housing to a second end of the insertion housing, the passage configured to receive the obturator; and
a receptacle cavity provided in the receptacle section and in communication with the passage and an external environment, the receptacle cavity configured to hold the ICM while the obturator is located in the passage and while the obturator is moved within the passage from a position proximal to the receptacle cavity to a position distal to the receptacle cavity within the insertion housing;
the obturator having a channel forming section at a distal end thereof; and
a motion limiter provided on at least one of the obturator and the insertion housing.