Surgery: light – thermal – and electrical application – Light – thermal – and electrical application – Electrical energy applicator
Patent
1995-08-04
1997-03-11
Kamm, William E.
Surgery: light, thermal, and electrical application
Light, thermal, and electrical application
Electrical energy applicator
A61N 139
Patent
active
056096216
ABSTRACT:
A cardioversion/defibrillation lead and method of implantation thereof for location in a human heart of the type comprising an elongated lead body having proximal and distal end sections and having a looped intermediate section. The proximal and distal end sections of the lead have generally straight configurations, and the intermediate section is constructed such that when the distal section is located at the apex of the right ventricle of the heart, the loop of the intermediate section is located in the outflow tract of the heart. One or more elongated defibrillation electrode(s) extends along the intermediate section of the lead body.
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Duthler Reed A.
Getzow Scott M.
Kamm William E.
Medtronic Inc.
Patton Harold R.
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