Implantable difibrillator electrode

US5554179A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Pacesetter AB · SE

Inventors

• Brigitte Stroetmann · Nuremberg, DE
• Gerhard Starbeck · Nuremberg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 30, 1994
• Grant date: Sep 10, 1996
• Expiry date: Jun 30, 2014

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61N1/0563
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

In an implantable defibrillator electrode having a large surfaced electrode in the form of a netting, a spiral, or a fabric of electronically conductive material or having an intracardial electrode in the form of a coil of electronically conductive material, the electrode is completely embedded in a biocompatible, hydrophilic, electrolytically conductive polymer or is covered by such a polymer.