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Cardiac pacemaker having a sealed oblong housing

US8032219B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Biotronik CRM Patent AG · CH

Inventors

Andreas Neumann · Hamburg, DE
Thorsten Lewalter · Bonn, DE
Jens Philipp · Berlin, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 21, 2006
Grant date	Oct 4, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 21, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61N1/3756
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Endocardial or intravascular cardiac pacemaker having a sealed housing, in which a battery and a pacemaker controller connected to the battery, as well as at least one stimulation pulse generator, are situated, the housing being oblong and having a length of less than 70 mm and a cross-sectional area of less than 100 mm2 and carrying at least two electrodes, each of which has an outwardly directed, electrically conductive surface and is implemented as a stimulation electrode and is at least sometimes electrically connected to the stimulation pulse generator via an electrical connection situated in the interior of the housing.

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