Surgical electrode
CA 1062339 A · Owner: Ethicon · Inventors: Dumont, Jacques; Romagne, Jacques
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A surgical electrode consisting of an insulated stainless steel wire having needles conductively affixed at one or both ends, at least one needle having a blunt end with a straight shank and having a weakened zone between the straight shank end and the opposite pointed end of the needle whereby the pointed end may be snapped off and the straight shank used as an electrical jack for connection to a pacemaker or similar electric current generating or monitoring device. The electrodes are particularly useful as temporary heartpacer electrodes for cardiac stimulation during and after surgical operations.
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- Granted September 11, 1979. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended September 11, 1996.
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