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Subcostal patch electrode

US5255692A · kind A · utility

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21Claims

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Assignee

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

Heinz Neubauer
Staffan Bowald · Almunge, SE
Jakub Hirschberg · Täby, SE

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 4, 1992
Grant date	Oct 26, 1993
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 4, 2012

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61N1/05
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An electrode for implantation in a patient and for connection through a lead to a heart stimulation/sensing system has an active electrode element of conductive material and the electrode has a shape and size conforming to an interspace between the periost and the bone at the inner side of a rib proximal to the heart of a patient so as to accommodate location of the electrode at the interspace. The electrode has fixing elements to fix the relative position of the electrode with respect to the rib. An implantation method is also disclosed.

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