US 20100210923A1
(i9) United States
(12) Patent Application Publication oo) Pub. No.: US 2010/0210923 Al
Li et al. (43) Pub. Date: Aug. 19,2010
(54) DEPLOYABLE SENSOR PLATFORM ON THE LEAD SYSTEM OF AN IMPLANTABLE DEVICE
Publication Classification
Dan Li, Shoreview, MN (US);
Allan C. Shuros, St. Paul, MN
(US); Andrea Acuna, Miami, FL
(US); Bruce A. Tockman, Scandia,
MN(US)
Correspondence Address:
FAEGRE & BENSON LLP
PATENT DOCKETING - INTELLECTUAL
PROPERTY (32469)
2200 WELLS FARGO CENTER, 90 SOUTH SEV-
ENTH STREET
MINNEAPOLIS, MN 55402-3901 (US)
Appl. No.: 12/686,050
Filed: Jan. 12, 2010
Related U.S. Application Data
Provisional application No. 61/152,486, filed on Feb. 13, 2009.
Systems and methods for deploying a sensor assembly onto a cardiac lead are disclosed. The sensor assembly can include a resilient cuff having one or more sensor modules for sensing physiological parameters within the body. The resilient cuff may have a substantially cylindrical shape having an inner diameter that is smaller than an outer diameter of the lead body onto which the cuff is deployed such that the cuff is retained on the lead body by frictional forces. The sensor assembly may be deployed in conjunction with a new lead to be implanted within a chamber of the patient's heart or a body vessel, or may be deployed onto an existing, implanted lead implanted within the patient's body.
