Patent ID: 11890032
Assignee: PACESETTER, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 15:
16. A method, comprising:
grasping, by a snare, a retrieval feature of a leadless pacemaker, wherein the leadless pacemaker includes a housing having a central axis, a plurality of electrodes coupled to the housing, and the retrieval feature at a proximal end of the housing, wherein the retrieval feature includes a grasping feature connected to the housing by a stem, wherein a plurality of cutouts extend into the grasping feature to a transverse member, wherein the transverse member extends transverse to the central axis to define a gap on the central axis between the transverse member and the housing, and wherein the gap is configured to receive a snare; and
advancing a snare locking sleeve over the snare to close the snare around the retrieval feature.