US 12,409,054 B2
Pivot delivery system for implantable medical device
Michael T. Wiehn, Flagstaff, AZ (US); and Taylor B. Wiehn, Flagstaff, AZ (US)
Assigned to W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc., Newark, DE (US)
Appl. No. 17/268,040
Filed by W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc., Newark, DE (US)
PCT Filed Aug. 31, 2018, PCT No. PCT/US2018/049057
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 11, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/046365, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 5, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0244553 A1, Aug. 12, 2021
Int. Cl. A61F 2/95 (2013.01); A61F 2/07 (2013.01); A61M 25/01 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 2/95 (2013.01) [A61F 2/07 (2013.01); A61F 2002/9511 (2013.01); A61M 25/0147 (2013.01); A61M 2025/015 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An implantable medical device and a system for steering the implantable medical device, the system comprising:
an actuation line;
a pivot forming a loop coupled to an exterior surface of the implantable medical device; and
a tether attached at one end to the actuation line and arranged through the loop of the pivot and configured to orient the implantable medical device in response to tension applied to the actuation line and release from the pivot after the implantable medical device is oriented.