A device intended to be used during the release and removal of a cut implantable pacemaker or implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) lead, of the solid type (lumenless), from surrounding tissue during lead extraction. It is a sterile wire with a loop and self-locking mechanism (e.g., a bulldog clamp) at the distal end which is attached to the end of the lead. After it has been secured to the lead, the surgeon can pull on it and apply tension to the lead whilst a sheath or similar type tissue removal tool is advanced down the device and over the lead to free the lead from adherent tissue. This is a single-use device.