ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,397,152, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to PACESETTER INC. (Sylmar, Calif.).
"Systems and methods for implanting a medical device" was invented by Thomas B. Eby (Mountain View, Calif.) and Alan Klenk (San Jose, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In at least one embodiment, a system and method for implanting an implantable medical device (IMD) within a patient may include an IMD including a housing and an attachment member, and a delivery catheter including a tethering snare that is configured to be selectively extended out of the delivery catheter and retracted into the delivery catheter. In at least one embodiment, a system and meth...