Patent ID: 7637916
Filing Date: 2009-12-29
Classification: A61B,A61N

Abstract:
1. A medical electrical lead implant tool, comprising: an elongate shaft including a proximal end and a distal end; a gripping assembly terminating the distal end of the shaft and adapted to alternately grasp the lead and release the lead and to rotate the lead; a drive cable coupled to the gripping assembly and extending proximally therefrom within the shaft; and a user control terminating the proximal end of the shaft and including a shaft guide member coupled to the shaft, wherein the user control facilitates single-handed manipulation of the slidable, rotatable dial, which may be grasped by fingers of a hand for longitudinal and rotational manipulation when the stationary handle is held in a palm of the hand; the longitudinal manipulation causing the gripping assembly, via the drive cable, to alternately grasp the lead and release the lead and the rotational manipulation causing the gripping assembly, via the drive cable, to rotate the lead.