Biostimulator transport system having valve bypass tool

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12226593-B2
Application number	US-202217750199-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 20, 2022
Priority date	May 3, 2019
Publication date	Feb 18, 2025
Grant date	Feb 18, 2025

Abstract

A valve bypass tool, and a biostimulator transport system having such a valve bypass tool, is described. The valve bypass tool includes an annular seal to seal against a protective sheath of the biostimulator transport system. The valve bypass tool is slidably mounted on the protective sheath and includes a bypass sheath to insert into an access introducer. The valve bypass tool can lock onto the access introducer by mating a locking tab of the valve bypass tool with a locking groove of the access introducer. The locking tab can have a detent that securely fastens the components to resist decoupling when the biostimulator transport system is advanced through the access introducer into a patient anatomy. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A valve bypass tool, comprising:
a bypass sheath having a solid tubular wall around a bypass lumen, wherein the solid tubular wall is formed from a rigid metal; and
a tool body mounted on an outer surface of the solid tubular wall, wherein the tool body has a body lumen aligned with the bypass lumen, wherein the tool body is formed from a polymer, and wherein a pair of push tabs extend radially outward from a distal end of the tool body on diametrically opposed sides of the tool body.

2. The valve bypass tool of claim 1 , wherein the tool body is overmolded onto the solid tubular wall.

3. The valve bypass tool of claim 1 further comprising:
a tool cap mounted on the tool body and having a cap lumen; and
an annular seal having a seal lumen aligned with the cap lumen.

4. The valve bypass tool of claim 3 , wherein the tool cap is welded to the tool body.

5. The valve bypass tool of claim 3 , wherein the cap lumen is aligned with the body lumen and the bypass lumen, and wherein the cap lumen includes a minimum cap lumen dimension that is larger than a seal lumen dimension of the seal lumen.

6. The valve bypass tool of claim 1 further comprising a locking tab extending radially outward from the tool body.

7. The valve bypass tool of claim 6 , wherein the locking tab includes a detent extending from a tab face.

8. The valve bypass tool of claim 1 , wherein the pair of push tabs extend radially outward from the tool body to respective outer tab faces, and wherein a radial dimension between the tool body and the outer tab faces is greater than a longitudinal dimension of the outer tab faces.

9. A biostimulator transport system, comprising:
a handle;
a catheter extending from the handle;
a protective sheath slidably mounted on the catheter; and
a valve bypass tool slidably mounted on the protective sheath, wherein the valve bypass tool includes a bypass sheath having a solid tubular wall around a bypass lumen, wherein the solid tubular wall is formed from a rigid metal, and a tool body mounted on an outer surface of the solid tubular wall, wherein the tool body has a body lumen aligned with the bypass lumen, wherein the tool body is formed from a polymer, and wherein a pair of push tabs extend radially outward from a distal end of the tool body on diametrically opposed sides of the tool body.

10. The biostimulator transport system of claim 9 , wherein the tool body is overmolded onto the solid tubular wall.

11. The biostimulator transport system of claim 9 , wherein a lumen of the bypass lumen is less than an outer dimension of an atraumatic end of the protective sheath.

12. The biostimulator transport system of claim 9 , wherein the biostimulator transport system is a biostimulator delivery system including a tether extending through the catheter.

13. The biostimulator transport system of claim 9 , wherein the biostimulator transport system is a biostimulator retrieval system including a snare extending through the catheter.

14. A method, comprising:
inserting a bypass sheath of a valve bypass tool into a proximal opening of an access introducer, wherein the valve bypass tool includes the bypass sheath and a tool body, wherein the bypass sheath has a solid tubular wall around a bypass lumen, wherein the solid tubular wall is formed from a rigid metal, wherein the tool body is mounted on an outer surface of the solid tubular wall, wherein the tool body has a body lumen aligned with the bypass lumen, wherein the tool body is formed from a polymer, and wherein a pair of push tabs extend radially outward from a distal end of the tool body on diametrically opposed sides of the tool body; and
twisting the valve bypass tool relative to the access introducer to lock the valve bypass tool to the access introducer.

15. The method of claim 14 , wherein the tool body is overmolded onto the solid tubular wall.

16. The method of claim 14 , wherein inserting the bypass sheath into the proximal opening includes pushing on the pair of push tabs of the valve bypass tool.

17. The method of claim 14 , wherein twisting the valve bypass tool engages a locking tab of the valve bypass tool to an introducer cap of the access introducer.

Assignees

• Pacesetter Inc

Inventors

• Rickheim David
• Smith Scott M

Classifications

• G10L2015/223

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