Muscle stimulation electrode for implantable cardiac stimulation

Details Muscle stimulation electrode for implantable cardiac stimulation Muscle stimulation electrode for implantable cardiac stimulation

1996-07-19

1997-05-20

Kamm, William E.

Surgery: light, thermal, and electrical application

Light, thermal, and electrical application

Electrical energy applicator

607 36, A61N 105

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ABSTRACT:
A cardiac simulation system with a patient warning apparatus, including a pin electrode insertable into a standard female socket in the header of a dual chamber pacer or multi-function cardiac stimulator. The cardiac stimulator has at least two sockets in a header, such as is commonly found in a dual chamber pacemaker. Rather than stimulating both chambers of the heart, the dual chamber pacemaker is programmed to function as a single chamber pacemaker, with a standard lead connecting one socket and its associated circuitry to a selected chamber of the heart, usually the ventricle. The pin electrode is inserted in the other socket, usually used for the sensing and stimulation of the atrium, and additional programming is provided to the pacemaker or stimulator to automatically produce an output stimulus through the atrial socket to the pin electrode whenever a condition exists requiring patient notification or warning. The pin electrode includes a hood which fits around a selected part of a header. The hood has edges or corners which are electrically conductive, but the largest portion of the hood is electrically non-conductive.

REFERENCES:
patent: 5076272 (1991-12-01), Ferek-Petric
patent: 5388578 (1995-02-01), Yomtov et al.
patent: 5549653 (1996-08-01), Stotts et al.

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