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Implantable medical electrode device, in particular cardiovascular cardiac pacemaker or defibrillator electrode device

US7809447B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Biotronik CRM Patent AG · CH

Inventors

Eckard Dreier · Berlin, DE
Erhard Flach · Berlin, DE
Wolfgang Geistert · Rheinfelden (Baden), DE
Michelle Maxfield · Stamford, US
Jochen Palm · Teltow, DE
Marc Steffen Schurr · Berlin, DE
Jan-Heiner Brinkmann · Berlin, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 8, 2007
Grant date	Oct 5, 2010
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 23, 2027

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61N2001/0585
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An implantable medical electrode device, in particular a cardiovascular cardiac pacemaker or defibrillator electrode device, comprises an elongate, tubular electrode body (2), a fixing zone (4) in front of the distal end (3) of the electrode body (2), in which the externally closed peripheral envelope (8) of the electrode body (2) is reversibly expandable into a body lumen (27) for detachable fixing of the electrode device (1), and an expansion apparatus, situated in the fixing zone (4), for controlling the expansion and contraction in the fixing zone (4).

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