Improved devices and components for securing and retrieving an implantable medical device including at least one of a flanged tip disposed at a distal end of the implantable medical device a halo retrieval tip disposed at a distal end of the implantable medical device an external leash disposed at least one of a proximal end, a midportion, and a distal end of the implantable medical device and an internal leash disposed within an inflatable balloon of the implantable medical device. A method of retrieving an implantable medical device, comprising: securing a retrieval device to at least one of the components described herein and removing the implantable medical device from a patient.
