Patent ID: 6671560
Filing Date: 2003-12-30
Classification: A61B,A61M,A61N

Abstract:
A method for installing an intravenous pacing lead within a patient, comprising:advancing a guide catheter through a vasculature until a distal end of the guide catheter is located in the coronary sinus of the heart; advancing the pacing lead over at least a portion of a guidewire to position the pacing lead adjacent tissue to be stimulated, wherein at least a portion of the pacing lead is maintained within a lumen of the guide catheter and at least a portion of the guidewire is located within a lumen of the pacing lead; removing the guidewire from the pacing lead lumen; inserting a removal wire into the pacing lead lumen after removing the guidewire to secure the lead; and removing the guide catheter from said portion of the pacing lead maintained within the lumen of the guide catheter while the removal wire is securing the lead.