Patent ID: 11890100
Assignee: ST. JUDE MEDICAL, CARDIOLOGY DIVISION, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 12:
13. A delivery device for delivering a pacing lead to the His bundle of a patient's heart, the delivery device comprising:
a handle;
an elongated sheath having a proximal end connected to the handle and a distal end remote from the handle, a distal portion of the sheath having a plurality of flexible sections spaced from one another along a length of the sheath;
a pull wire having a distal end connected to the sheath distally of the flexible sections and extending to a proximal end of the pull wire; and
a plurality of mapping electrodes positioned at the distal end of the sheath,
wherein the handle has a longitudinal axis and the proximal end of the sheath enters the handle at a first position at a predetermined angle transverse to the longitudinal axis and exits the handle at a second position at the predetermined angle transverse to the longitudinal axis, and
wherein the distal end of the sheath has a distal end face, and the plurality of mapping electrodes are spaced from the distal end face.