US 11,679,265 B2
Lead-in-lead systems and methods for cardiac therapy
Zhongping Yang, Woodbury, MN (US); and Derek Young, Beegden (NL)
Assigned to Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US)
Filed by Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US)
Filed on Feb. 3, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/780,036.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/805,749, filed on Feb. 14, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2020/0261725 A1, Aug. 20, 2020
Int. Cl. A61N 1/368 (2006.01); A61N 1/05 (2006.01); A61N 1/39 (2006.01); A61N 1/362 (2006.01); A61B 17/34 (2006.01)
CPC A61N 1/3684 (2013.01) [A61N 1/0587 (2013.01); A61B 17/3468 (2013.01); A61N 1/362 (2013.01); A61N 1/3956 (2013.01)] 28 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
a first implantable lead comprising a distal portion and a first electrode coupled to the distal portion of the first implantable lead, wherein the first electrode is configured to be implanted at an implantation site on or in a tissue structure of a patient's heart; and
a second implantable lead comprising a distal portion and a second electrode coupled to the distal portion of the second implantable lead, wherein the second electrode is configured to be implanted at the implantation site distal to the first electrode within the tissue structure of the patient's heart, wherein the distal portion of the second implantable lead is guided by the distal portion of the first implantable lead to the implantation site, wherein the first implantable lead and the second implantable lead are aligned coaxial with one another.