Patent ID: 6159206
Filing Date: 2000-12-12
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
A medical implement for depositing an implanted device comprising a catheter which is to be inserted into a patient's body and has an electrode at a distal part of said catheter, and a wire device for depositing the implanted device, which is guided by the catheter,wherein the wire device comprises a wire for depositing the implanted device, and the implanted device connected being to a distal end of the wire through a first severable joint member, said implanted device having a structure such that a plurality of implanted elements are joined to each other through one or more second severable joint members successively, andwherein the first joint member or any one of the second joint members of the wire device is severed by supplying the electrode of the catheter with electric power in a state such that the implanted device of the wire device guided through the catheter is projected from the distal end of the catheter.