Patent ID: 7425200
Filing Date: 2008-09-16
Classification: A61B,A61N

Abstract:
1. A medical device implantation method, comprising: providing an elongate delivery catheter sized for intravascular navigation, the elongate delivery catheter having a distal end portion having a first connector portion; providing an implantable medical device comprising a pressure sensor device including: the implantable medical device being releasably coupled to the distal end portion of the elongate delivery catheter when the first and second connector portions are engaged; with the first and second connector portions engaged, placing the implantable medical device in a chamber of a patient's heart using the elongate delivery catheter; connecting the stabilizer with a portion of the heart wall that faces into the heart chamber using the elongate delivery catheter; and disengaging the first and second connector portions to separate the elongate delivery catheter from the implantable medical device so that the implantable medical device is completely within the heart and the implantable medical device remains affixed to the heart wall with the pressure transmission mechanism located in the heart chamber so as to couple pressure within the heart chamber to the pressure transducer.