Surgery: light – thermal – and electrical application – Light – thermal – and electrical application – Electrical therapeutic systems
Patent
1993-01-11
1995-04-04
Kamm, William E.
Surgery: light, thermal, and electrical application
Light, thermal, and electrical application
Electrical therapeutic systems
607 5, A61N 139
Patent
active
054033519
ABSTRACT:
The method comprises defibrillating or cardioverting a heart, employing either an implanted or an external defibrillation/cardioversion device capable of generating electrical shocks, by transvenously inserting into the lower left pulmonary artery a pulmonary arterial lead comprising a distal defibrillation electrode, sensing the occurrence of fibrillation or an arrhythmia, and defibrillating or cardioverting the heart by electrical shocks between such electrode and a transvenously-inserted additional defibrillation electrode. The additional defibrillation electrode may comprise a proximal defibrillation electrode located on the pulmonary arterial lead, with its distal end having been positioned in the right atrium/superior vena cava. Alternatively, the method comprises transvenously inserting a second lead comprising said additional electrode, and positioning the same in the right ventricle, the right atrium, or the superior vena cava. Sensing/pacing electrode means may be positioned in the right ventricle, and optionally also in the right atrium, for sensing and pacing the heart.
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"The PCD.TM. Tachyarrhythemia Control Device--Model 72171B--An Implantable Device For The Control Of Ventricular Arrhythmias Through Pacing, Cardioversion And Defibrillation", 74 pp., copyright 1990 by Medtronic, Inc.
Kamm William E.
Schaetzle Kennedy J.
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