Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Leadless cardiac stimulation systems
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Application No.: US13929286Application Date: 2013-06-27
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Publication No.: US09072911B2Publication Date: 2015-07-07
- Inventor: Roger Hastings , William J. Drasler , Daniel M. Lafontaine , Anupama Sadasiva , Scott R. Smith
- Applicant: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US MN Maple Grove
- Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US MN Maple Grove
- Agency: Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.
- Main IPC: A61N1/05
- IPC: A61N1/05 ; A61N1/375 ; A61N1/372 ; A61N1/378 ; A61N1/365 ; A61N1/08 ; A61N1/362

Abstract:
Various configurations of systems that employ leadless electrodes to provide pacing therapy are provided. In one example, a system that provides multiple sites for pacing of myocardium of a heart includes wireless pacing electrodes that are implantable at sites proximate the myocardium using a percutaneous, transluminal, catheter delivery system. Each of the electrodes contains a source of electrical energy for pacing the myocardium and is adapted to receive electromagnetic energy from a source outside the myocardium. The system also includes a source adapted for placement outside the myocardium and that uses locally measured electrocardiograms to synchronize pacing of the heart by sending electromagnetic commands to the electrodes to pace the myocardium surrounding the electrodes. Also disclosed is various configurations of such systems, wireless electrode assemblies, and delivery catheters for delivering and implanting the electrode assemblies.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140012344A1 LEADLESS CARDIAC STIMULATION SYSTEMS Public/Granted day:2014-01-09
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