Patent ID: 8244379
Filing Date: 2012-08-14
Classification: A61N

Abstract:
1. A method of operatively deploying an implantable medical component into a fixed position within pericardial tissue, comprising: incising through a first portion of pericardial tissue and a second portion of pericardial tissue, wherein the incising forms an incised edge in the second portion of the pericardial tissue; advancing an implantable medical component through the first portion of pericardial tissue into the pericardial space, wherein the implantable medical component comprises a body structure and a fixation member coupled to the body structure, wherein the fixation member extends over a pericardial sac-contacting side of the body structure; and fixating the implantable medical component to the second portion of pericardial tissue by locating the incised edge of the pericardial sac between the fixation member and the pericardial sac-contacting side of the body structure, wherein the fixation member and the body structure generate a biasing force between the fixation member and the pericardial sac-contacting side of the body structure, and wherein a portion of the fixation member is disposed external to the second portion of pericardial tissue and a portion of the implantable medical component is disposed internal to the second portion of pericardial tissue when the incised edge of the pericardial sac is located between the fixation member and the pericardial sac-contacting side of the body structure.