US 12,168,122 B2
Substernal placement of a pacing and/or defibrillating electrode
G. Shantanu Reddy, Minneapolis, MN (US); and Bruce A. Tockman, Scandia, MN (US)
Assigned to CAMERON HEALTH, INC., St. Paul, MN (US)
Filed by CAMERON HEALTH, INC., St. Paul, MN (US)
Filed on Aug. 18, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/405,224.
Application 17/405,224 is a continuation of application No. 15/208,682, filed on Jul. 13, 2016, granted, now 11,123,547.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/195,695, filed on Jul. 22, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2021/0379364 A1, Dec. 9, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61N 1/05 (2006.01); A61B 17/04 (2006.01); A61B 17/32 (2006.01); A61B 17/34 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61N 1/362 (2006.01)
CPC A61N 1/0504 (2013.01) [A61B 17/0401 (2013.01); A61B 90/361 (2016.02); A61N 1/05 (2013.01); A61N 1/3629 (2017.08); A61B 2017/0417 (2013.01); A61B 2017/320056 (2013.01); A61B 17/3468 (2013.01); A61N 1/059 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
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1. A method of placing a lead at a desired location for an implantable cardiac therapy system, the lead having a proximal end and a distal end, the distal end including one or more electrodes, the method comprising:
advancing an insertion sheath having a proximal end and a distal end percutaneously near the xiphoid of the patient to position the distal end of the insertion sheath along the back side of the sternum superior to the xiphoid, wherein the insertion sheath is shaped to direct a member passed therethrough against the back of the sternum; and
advancing the lead through the insertion sheath until the distal end of the lead is at the desired location, wherein the desired location is along the posterior of the sternum.