Patent ID: 7473266

Claim:
A delivery system for implanting an intracardiac device, said delivery system comprising: an intracardiac device, said intracardiac device comprising an engagement member and a connecting member; a delivery device, said delivery device comprising: a flexible elongate member comprising a lumen, said elongate member having a first end and a second end; a collet moveable within said lumen of said elongate member, said collet comprising a proximal end and a distal end and having at least two arms, said arms being movable between a first open state and a second closed state, at least the portion of said arms closest to said distal end of the collet form an inner chamber having an internal diameter larger than a diameter of the engagement member and comprising an opening at said distal end when in said closed state, said opening having a length smaller than the internal diameter of said inner chamber when in said closed state and an internal diameter along said length larger than a width of the connecting member and smaller than said internal diameter of the inner chamber when in said closed state; and an actuator, said actuator changing the relative position of said collet and said flexible elongate member for transitioning said collet between said closed state and said open state; and wherein said distal opening and said inner chamber of said collet, in said closed state, are sized and shaped to grasp the engagement member of said intracardiac device and to permit said connecting member of said intracardiac device to move toward and away from said distal opening and about a cone of many degrees of freedom in translation and rotation.