Implantable medical device system having implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) system and substernal leadless pacing device
US10525272B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 27, 2017 |
| Grant date | Jan 7, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 27, 2037 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61N1/39624
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Implantable cardiac systems and methods for providing substernal pacing in an ICD system are described. In one example, an implantable cardiac system comprises an ICD system and an implantable leadless pacing device (LPD) communicatively coupled to the ICD system. The ICD system includes an ICD and an implantable defibrillation lead having a proximal portion coupled to the ICD and a distal portion having a defibrillation electrode configured to deliver a defibrillation shock to a heart of the patient. The LPD includes a housing, a first electrode on the housing, a second electrode on the housing, and a pulse generator within the housing and electrically coupled to the first electrode and the second electrode. The housing of the LPD is implanted substantially within an anterior mediastinum of the patient and the pulse generator is configured to deliver pacing pulses to a heart via the first and second electrodes.
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