Patent ID: 9220824
Filing Date: 2015-12-29
Classification: A61B,A61F,A61M,A61N

Abstract:
1. A method of implanting a cardiac device, the method comprising inserting an inner seal member through an opening in a pericardium about a living human heart, the inner seal member having a first sealing lip disposed inside the pericardium and surrounding an aperture through the inner seal member; aligning an outer seal member with the inner seal member, the outer seal member having a second sealing lip disposed outside the pericardium and surrounding an aperture through the outer seal member; securing the inner seal member to the outer seal member, with the first sealing lip engaged against an inner surface of the pericardium and the second sealing lip engaged against an outer surface of the pericardium; and inserting a cardiac device into the pericardium through the apertures of the inner and outer seal members.