Patent ID: 9623236
Date: 2017-04-18
CPC Classifications: A61B,A61M,A61N

Claim:
1. A device adapted for the thoracoscopic placement of a lead at a target site on an epicardial surface of a heart, the device comprising: (a) a hollow lead guide; (b) a lead extending through said hollow lead guide, said lead having a lead distal end portion; (c) an elongated body having a longitudinal axis, a proximal end portion and a distal end portion, and having a proximal inlet and a distal lead outlet, said elongated body comprising (1) a lead receiving passageway for receiving and conducting said lead distal end to said distal lead outlet, and (2) a lumen adapted to provide suction to said distal end portion; (d) a suction foot portion releasably attached to said lead distal end portion, and being in fluid communication with said lumen, said suction foot portion swivelably attached to said distal end portion such that said suction foot portion may be swiveled with respect to said longitudinal axis, and; said lead adapted to releasably engage said suction foot portion such that such engagement is of sufficient strength to maintain the position of said lead distal end portion as it engages said epicardial surface of a heart, and sufficiently releasable such that said lead may be released from said suction foot portion once said lead is attached to said epicardial surface of a heart; and (e) an actuator extending from said proximal end portion to said distal end portion and adapted to tilt said suction foot portion about a first axis with respect to said longitudinal axis; and wherein said hollow lead guide is adapted to tilt said suction foot portion about a second axis with respect to said longitudinal axis.