Patent ID: 9566049
Date: 2017-02-14
CPC Classifications: A61B,A61M,A61N,Y10T

Claim:
1. A tool for deploying an anchor sleeve onto an implantable elongate medical device, the tool comprising: a handle member including a gripping portion, an elongate tubular member extending distally from the gripping portion, and a junction between the tubular member and the gripping portion, the gripping portion including opposing arms, and the tubular member having an outer surface sized for mounting the anchor sleeve thereon, and an inner surface defining a lumen extending longitudinally from a proximal opening, in proximity to the junction, to a distal opening, and the lumen being sized to receive a proximal length of the implantable device therein; and an elongate base member including a deployment tip, a distal segment, a rail segment, a proximal segment, and an elongate channel, the distal segment being terminated by the deployment tip and extending between the deployment tip and the rail segment, the rail segment defining a longitudinal axis of the tool and having recessed sidewalls that extend between the distal segment and shoulders of the proximal segment, and the channel extending proximally from an opening at the deployment tip, through the distal segment, and through the rail segment and into the proximal segment; wherein the channel of the base member receives the tubular member of the handle member in sliding engagement, when the opposing arms of the gripping portion of the handle member are fitted around the rail segment of the base member, the opposing arms being configured to hold the handle member in sliding engagement with the base member, along the rail segment thereof, and the sliding engagement being stopped by the shoulders of the proximal segment; and the deployment tip of the base member is configured to engage with an end of the anchor sleeve, when the anchor sleeve is mounted on the tubular member of the handle member, and the opposing arms of the handle member hold the handle member in sliding engagement with the base member.