Implantable cardiac device with a shock lead

US7930028B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Biotronik CRM Patent AG · CH

Inventors

• Volker Lang · Gauting, DE
• Kurt Swenson · Dayton, US
• Jim Nelson · Lake Oswego, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 20, 2006
• Grant date: Apr 19, 2011
• Expiry date: Apr 2, 2028

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61N1/3956
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An implantable cardiac device includes a housing (2), pulse generator (7) therein to generate physiologically effective electrical pulses, a shock lead (3), externally of the housing (2), connectable to the pulse generator (7) and implantable into a patient's body to apply physiologically effective electrical pulses to the patient's body, a monitor (8) to automatically detect a lead condition as to whether the shock lead (3) is implanted or not, and control (9), which due to the detected lead condition automatically enables or disables the pulse generator (7).