The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Vol 23, 480-482, Copyright © 1977 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons
An improved introducer for the sutureless myocardial pacemaker lead
GM Lawrie, GC Morris Jr and ME DeBakey
Although the sutureless myocardial pacemaker lead has proved a useful
advance, the introducer supplied with it has had the disadvantages of
requiring bimanual operation, creating forces directed toward the
myocardium, and producing release of the lead head in a rotating motion. An
improved introducer, described here, has overcome these problems and has
further simplified the application of this useful device.