Surgery: light – thermal – and electrical application – Light – thermal – and electrical application – Electrical energy applicator
Patent
1995-12-06
1996-11-26
Kamm, William E.
Surgery: light, thermal, and electrical application
Light, thermal, and electrical application
Electrical energy applicator
607128, 607122, A61N 139
Patent
active
055780695
ABSTRACT:
A lead having a defibrillation electrode that is deployed for defibrillation using artificial muscle. In an undeployed position, the defibrillation electrode is small in diameter so as to be easily implanted pervenously and nonobstructive to cardiac contraction and blood flow. In a deployed position the defibrillation electrode is larger in diameter for defibrillation shock delivery. Thus, the electrode forces an increased amount of current to flow through the heart muscle during shock delivery to depolarize the majority of the cardiac tissue with a minimum of energy, while not obstructing blood flow at other times when not used for energy delivery.
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Bush M. Elizabeth
Kamm William E.
Layno Carl H.
Meltzer Mark J.
Mitchell Steven M.
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