Patent · US Expired

Cardiac lead incorporating strain gauge for assessing cardiac contractility

US6909919B2 · kind B2 · utility

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13Claims

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Assignee

Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc. · US

Inventors

Mudit Jain · Woodbury, US
Qingsheng Zhu · Little Canada, US
Rodney W. Salo · Fridley, US

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 6, 2002
Grant date	Jun 21, 2005
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 6, 2023

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61N1/056
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

For chronic monitoring of the effects of pacing and/or drug therapy in treating CHF, a strain gauge element is disposed at the distal end of a cardiac lead and is effective to produce a signal relating to the amount of flexure being induced into the lead by the beating action of the heart.

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