Patent ID: 8280527
Filing Date: 2012-10-02
Classification: A61N

Abstract:
1. A suture sleeve for selectively introducing one or two implantable leads in vivo into a vein, said suture sleeve comprising: a suture sleeve body comprising two elongated sleeve portions each having a through-hole therein configured to receive a medical lead therethrough inserted therein in a longitudinal direction, said elongated sleeve portions being disposed side-by-side and said sleeve body comprising a connecting portion that connects said sleeve portions with each other; one of said sleeve portions projecting further in said longitudinal direction than the other of said sleeve portions; said sleeve portions and said sleeve body being configured to allow, when only one lead is inserted into one through hole of one of said sleeve portions, only said one of said sleeve portions to be inserted into the vein and tied around by a suture thread, with said other sleeve portion being positioned outside of said vein and, when medical leads are inserted respectively into each of the through-holes of said two sleeve portions, said sleeve body being configured to be inserted, with both of said sleeve portions and said connecting portion, into said vein and tied around by a suture thread; and said sleeve body being configured, when either one or both of said sleeve portions has a medical lead inserted in the through-hole thereof, to prevent bleeding from the vein when tied around with a suture thread.