Patent ID: 9205225
Filing Date: 2015-12-08
Classification: A61M,A61N

Abstract:
1. A method of delivering a leadless pacemaker to a patient with a delivery catheter, comprising: positioning a first locking feature of a first tether of the delivery catheter at a longitudinal position different than that of a second locking feature of a second tether of the delivery catheter, so that a combined cross-sectional diameter of the locking features is less than a cross-sectional diameter of a hole in an attachment feature of the leadless pacemaker; inserting the first and second locking features through the hole in the attachment feature of the leadless pacemaker; and aligning a portion of the first locking feature at the same longitudinal position than that of a portion of the second locking feature, so that the combined cross-sectional diameter of the locking features and tethers is greater than the cross-sectional diameter of the hole in the attachment feature of the leadless pacemaker.