Abstract: An implantable medical lead includes a connector, outer lead, inner lead, electrical contact, and conductive element. The connector is configured to electrically communicate with processing circuitry of a medical device. The inner lead, positioned within a lumen defined by the outer lead, is configured to translate relative to the outer lead. The inner lead includes an inner lead electrode and an inner conductor electrically connected to the inner lead electrode, where the inner conductor is configured to electrically communicate with the connector. The outer lead includes an outer lead electrode and an outer conductor electrically connected to the outer lead electrode. The outer conductor is configured to electrically communicate with the connector.

Abstract: A delivery catheter system includes a catheter and an integrated embolic filter that is deployable prior to the delivery of a prosthesis in a patient's vasculature and retrievable after delivery of said prosthesis. The embolic filter is moveable from a collapsed state, in which the embolic filter is retained within the catheter body, to a deployed state in which the embolic filter extends from the catheter body and, in use, into contact with an inner wall of a patient's vasculature.

Abstract: An embolic filter is provided with a support frame and a porous polymeric membrane connected to the support frame. The embolic filter is configured to be movable between a collapsed state and a deployed state where the filter extends, in use, into contact with an inner wall of a patient's vasculature. The support frame of the embolic filter includes a shape memory material such that the support frame acts as a deployment arrangement to move the embolic filter from the collapsed state into the deployed state.

Abstract: A prosthetic heart valve is disclosed that is deformable between collapsed, radially uncompressed, and target conditions. The prosthetic heart valve includes an inner frame, at least one leaflet, and a braided wire mesh arranged outside and coupled to the inner frame by a coupling portion. The braided wire mesh includes a body portion between the coupling portion and a flared portion. In the radially uncompressed condition, the prosthetic heart valve forms a cavity surrounded by the braided wire mesh and the inner frame. In the target condition, only a part of the length of the body portion is radially compressed along an axis extending from an upstream side to a downstream side. In the collapsed condition, the inner frame and braided wire mesh are radially collapsed over their entire length. In the radially uncompressed condition, the body portion is tubular and the braided wire mesh has a rotationally symmetric circumference.

Abstract: Apparatus and methods for placement of electrodes into selected tissue, such as the septal wall separating the left and right ventricles, with, in some cases, access to the septal wall from the right ventricle. Torque sleeves may be used to provide for rotation as needed.