An apparatus includes a housing including a bore and a housing groove within the bore and located on an inner surface of the housing; and a coil spring located within the housing and mounted within the housing groove, wherein the housing groove has a non-uniform radius such that the coil spring defines zones of relative low contact force and zones of relative high contact force.

A leadless pacemaker and a leadless pacemaker system are disclosed. A housing of a pacemaker body of the leadless pacemaker is designed as a curved tubular structure and can be deployed at a site with a limited space in a curved configuration, which allows the curved surface structure to fit more closely myocardial or vascular tissue around the site, resulting in improved pacing or sensing performance and in applicability to a substantially enlarged scope of patients who may benefit from cardiac pacing.

A system for monitoring blood pressure includes an implantable medical device (IMD) and an external device (ED). The IMD senses an electrogram (EGM) signal, identifies a feature thereof indicative of a ventricular depolarization, and transmits a conductive communication signal through patient tissue indicating when the ventricular depolarization occurred. The ED is worn against skin and configured to receive the conductive communication signal. The ED is also configured to sense a plethysmography (PG) signal and identify a feature thereof indicative of when a pulse wave responsive to the ventricular depolarization reaches a region of the patient adjacent the ED, and determine a delay time (TD) indicative of how long it takes the pulse wave to travel from the patient's heart to the region of the patient adjacent to the ED. The TD is a surrogate of the patient's blood pressure and useful for monitoring the patient's blood pressure and/or changes therein.

The present invention relates to an implantable cardiac device. The implantable cardiac device comprises a planar spiral for attaching the implantable cardiac device to a patient's tissue.

An implantable medical device includes a header body and a septum assembly. The header body includes a first welding surface and a septum bore extending inwardly from an outer surface to an inner cavity. The septum assembly is at least partially disposed within the septum bore of the header assembly and includes a septum configured to allow insertion of a tool through the septum into the inner cavity and to otherwise provide a seal. The septum assembly further includes a retainer within which at least a portion of the septum is retained. The retainer includes a welding feature coupled to the retainer body, the welding feature providing a second welding surface. The retainer is coupled to the header body by welding the first welding surface to the second welding surface.

An implantable medical device includes a housing with an outer surface that defines a first end and a second end opposite the first end, a battery assembly positioned within the housing between the first end and the second end, a first electrode positioned at or near the first end, a second electrode positioned at or near the second end, integrated circuitry positioned between the first end and the second end and electrically coupled to the first electrode, and an antenna communicatively coupled to the integrated circuitry and configured to wirelessly send and receive data to and from a receiver positioned externally to the implantable medical device.

A medical apparatus and a fixation mechanism for a medical device thereof are disclosed. The fixation mechanism allows the medical device to be easily fixed at a target site in a patient's body. The medical device may be a leadless pacemaker, and with the present invention, it can provide more physiological cardiac pacing. The fixation mechanism includes a holder and a fixation member. The holder extends in parallelism with the intended object, and the fixation member is provided on an outer wall of the holder and extends around the holder. One end of the fixation member is connected to the outer wall of the holder, and the other end is spaced from the outer wall of the holder by a gap. The holder can be driven to rotate in the same direction as the extension of the fixation member, causing the fixation member to rotate in the same way.

Apparatus, systems, and methods are provided for monitoring AF episodes, delivering ATP pulses, and/or achieving electrical isolation of the left atrial appendage (LAA) of a patient's heart and/or preventing thrombus formation after electrical isolation. For example, devices are provided that may implanted from within the left atrium, e.g., to isolate the LAA, prevent thrombus formation within the LAA, facilitate endothelialization, and/or deliver pacing.

Systems and methods for implantable medical devices and headers are described. In an example, an implantable medical device includes a device container including an electronic module within the device container. A modular header core includes a first core module including a first bore hole portion of a first bore hole, the first bore hole portion configured to couple a first electrical component with the electronic module. A second core module includes a second bore hole portion of a second bore hole different than the first bore hole, the second bore hole portion configured to couple a second electrical component with the electronic module. The first core module is detachably engaged with the second core module. A header shell is disposed around the modular header core and attached to the device container.

The present technology generally includes devices, systems, and methods for providing electrical stimulation to the left ventricle of a human heart in a patient suffering from Left Bundle Branch Block (LBBB). In particular, the present technology includes an implantable receiver-stimulator and an implantable controller-transmitter for leadless electrical stimulation of the heart. The receiver-stimulator can include one or more sensors capable of detecting the electrical conduction of the heart and the receiver-stimulator can be configured to pace the stimulation of the left ventricle based off the sensed electrical conduction to achieve synchronization of the left and right ventricles.