Interventional medical devices, device systems, and fixation components thereof

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United States of America

PATENT NO 12251559
APP PUB NO 20210252283A1
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17306032

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A fixation mechanism of an implantable medical device is formed by a plurality of tines fixedly mounted around a perimeter of a distal end of the device. Each tine may be said to include a first segment fixedly attached to the device, a second segment extending from the first segment, and a third segment, to which the second segment extends. When the device is loaded in a lumen of a delivery tool and a rounded free distal end of each tine engages a sidewall that defines the lumen, to hold the tines in a spring-loaded condition, the first segment of each tine, which has a spring-biased pre-formed curvature, becomes relatively straightened, and the third segment of each tine, which is terminated by the free distal end, extends away from the axis of the device at an acute angle in a range from about 45 degrees to about 75 degrees.

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MEDTRONIC INC710 MEDTRONIC PARKWAY NE MINNEAPOLIS MN 55432

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Anderson, Thomas A New Hope, US 72 2674
Chen, Xin Blaine, US 816 7998
Colin, Brian P Anoka, US 27 240
Eggen, Michael D Chisago City, US 48 1229
Gan, Wei Woodbury, US 13 225
Grubac, Vladimir Brooklyn Park, US 48 2483
Hilpisch, Kathryn Cottage Grove, US 21 284

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