Atrial pinch on lead and insertion tool

Claim 1

In combination: a body-implantable, electrode carrying lead of the type which is adapted for electrical connection to a remote electrical device having a length of flexible insulated electrical conductor, and conductive first and second pincer means connected to one end of said conductor having free ends for engaging a fold of body tissue, said first and second pincer means being mechanically deformable from an open position wherein the free ends are in spaced opposing relation to a closed position wherein the free ends engage the fold of body tissue; insertion tool means for attaching said first and second pincer means to a fold of body tissue comprising a substantially C-shaped member having first and second elongated jaws having opposite facing inner, planar surfaces extending substantially parallel to one another from a portion of said member interconnecting said elongated jaws to the respective free ends thereof, first means formed in the inner surfaces of said first and second elongated jaws proximal to the free ends thereof for securely gripping the first and second pincer means in their open position, and second means formed along said first and second elongated jaws for receiving mechanical force applied perpendicular to said inner surfaces to apply mechanical force through said first means to said first and second pincer means to deform said first and second pincer means to their closed position; and compressive applicator means having two opposed and aligned in parallel working members, each working member of the applicator means having releasably attached thereto said second means of said C-shaped member, and handle means for bringing said parallel working members of said applicator means together for applying mechanical force through said C-shaped member to deform said first and second pincer means.