Patents by Inventor Christina Casella

Christina Casella has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Implantable Leads Having Mechanisms to Impede Over-Rotation of Fixation Mechanisms
    Publication number: 20100222860
    Abstract: An implantable lead includes a lead body, a header body, a fixation mechanism, a rotatable shaft and a rotation limit element. The fixation mechanism is disposed in the header body and is extendable out of the header body for securing the header body to cardiac tissue of the patient. The shaft is provided in the header body and is coupled to the fixation mechanism for translating rotational movement of the shaft into linear displacement of the fixation mechanism. The rotation limit element is disposed in the header body. The rotation limit element engages the header body once the shaft is linearly displaced by a predetermined distance with respect to the header body to prevent further rotation of the shaft and limit additional displacement of the fixation mechanism with respect to the header body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2009
    Publication date: September 2, 2010
    Applicant: PACESETTER, INC.
    Inventors: Christina Casella, Rolf Hill, Per Jarl