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Implantable cardioverter/defibrillator with housing electrode and lead detection and switching circuitry

US7050851B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJun 29, 2001
Grant dateMay 23, 2006
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Expiry dateMar 16, 2022

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61N1/3925
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An implantable cardioverter/defibrillator includes an active can electrode and a high-voltage lead that can be electrically isolated from one another by opening a switch between them. The performance of the high-voltage lead and the can electrode can then be independently monitored, thus indicating which lead is inoperable, should one become inoperable. If a lead becomes inoperable, the implantable device can then reconfigure an electrical pathway such as a cardioversion and/or a defibrillation pathway by excluding the inoperable lead. By separating the high-voltage lead from the can electrode, pseudo ECG measurements can also be taken and utilized by the implantable device.

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