Patent ID: 8280499
Filing Date: 2012-10-02
Classification: A61B,A61N

Abstract:
1. A method for implanting a monitoring device subcutaneously in a body of a patient, the method comprising the steps of: a) providing the monitoring device, comprising: b) assembling an introducer, comprising a sheath and a semi-flexible insert, by placing the semi-flexible insert within the sheath, the semi-flexible insert being sized and shaped at least in part to match, a size and shape of the monitoring device; c) introducing a distal end of the introducer through an incision in the patient's skin to a desired subcutaneous implant location site beneath the patient's skin; d) withdrawing the semi-flexible insert from the sheath without substantially disturbing the position of the sheath at the desired subcutaneous implant location site; e) inserting the monitoring device into the sheath; and f) withdrawing, in a direction opposite that which it was introduced, the sheath from the implant location site while applying pressure to the monitoring device, wherein an external surface of the sheath splits along an axis as the sheath surface is forced against the tapered section of the monitoring device while the sheath is being withdrawn.