Patent ID: 9302092
Filing Date: 2016-04-05
CPC Classification: A61N,H01R

Claim Text:
1. An implant tool for use with an implantable lead, the implant tool comprising: a main body having a distal clamping section, a proximal section, and an interior lumen, the distal clamping section including an opening adapted to frictionally receive a terminal boot of the implantable lead; a plurality of spring contact members coupled to the main body and exposed on an exterior of the implant tool; and a knob mechanism coupled to the main body, the knob mechanism slidably actuatable along a central axis of the implant tool between a first position configured to frictionally engage a terminal pin of the implantable lead and a second position configured to disengage the implant tool from the terminal pin to facilitate torque release, the knob mechanism connected to the main body in each of the first and second positions, the knob mechanism configured to rotate relative to the main body when in the first position to rotate the terminal pin relative to the terminal boot, the knob mechanism slidably actuatable between the first and second positions independent of relative rotation between the knob mechanism and the main body, wherein the knob mechanism slides along the central axis, farther away from the main body, when slidably actuated from the first position to the second position.