Cardioverting transvenous catheter/patch electrode system and method for its use
CA 1323071 C · Owner: Mirowski, Mieczyslaw · Inventors: Bach, Stanley M. Jr.; Shapland, J. Edward
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Disclosed are an electrode configuration and a method for its use with an automatic implantable cardioverter/ defibrillator. The electrode configuration includes a catheter electrode intravenously postioned within the heart of a patient wherein one electrode, defined by the catheter is within the, right ventricle and a second electrode also defined by the, catheter and spaced from the first electrode is within the, superior vena cava region. A third electrode in the form of a, flexible, substantially planar patch is subcutaneously, positioned outside the thoracic cavity in the region of the left ventricle. At the time of electrical discharge or, permanently, the first and second electrodes …
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- Granted October 12, 1993. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended October 12, 2010.
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