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Cardiac defibrillator electrode arrangement
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1990-05-29
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Granted: 1991-09-24
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Expires: 2010-05-29
Abstract
Abstract A cardiac defibrillator employs first and second catheters, each of which have individual coils wound thereon which operate as a cathode in a defibrillating system. Each of the catheters are pliable enough and has a small enough diameter so that both of them can be perveneously placed through the tricuspid valve into the right ventricle of a patient's heart. Each of the catheters has a small screw at the distal end to permit affixing the catheter to different points in the wall of the septum. The defibrillating coils are entirely within the right ventricle and have a relationship relative to one another such that the defibrillating pulse delivered simultaneously to the two coils provides a field that creates effective defibrillation at a relatively low energy level such as five to fifteen joules.
Inventors
- 👤 Joel Kupersmith
- 👤 Igor Singer
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-23 19:49
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61N; A61N1/00; A61N1/02; A61N1/04; A61N1/05; A61N1/056; A61N1/0563
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 12
Claim 1
Independent Claim
168 words
In an implantable cardiac defibrillator having an implantable pulse generator, a case connected to a first pole of said implantable pulse generator and having within the case means for delivering a predetermined defibrillating pulse of energy in response to a predetermined sensor signal indicating fibrillation, the improvement comprising: first and second catheters, first and second defibrillating electrodes, said defibrillating electrodes being carried on the distal portions of respective ones of said first and second catheters and connected by lead wires through said catheters to a second pole of said pulse generator, each of said catheters being sufficiently pliable and having diameters sufficiently small to permit perveneously placing said catheters through the tricuspid valve into the right ventricle of a patient's heart, each of said catheters containing extractable fixing means at the distal ends thereof to permit affixing the distal ends of each of said catheters in the wall of the septum at predetermined positions along the wall of the septum, whereby defibrillation may be achieved with minimal energy.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
168 words
In an implantable cardiac defibrillator having an implantable pulse generator, a case connected to a first pole of said implantable pulse generator and having within the case means for delivering a predetermined defibrillating pulse of energy in response to a predetermined sensor signal indicating fibrillation, the improvement comprising: first and second catheters, first and second defibrillating electrodes, said defibrillating electrodes being carried on the distal portions of respective ones of said first and second catheters and connected by lead wires through said catheters to a second pole of said pulse generator, each of said catheters being sufficiently pliable and having diameters sufficiently small to permit perveneously placing said catheters through the tricuspid valve into the right ventricle of a patient's heart, each of said catheters containing extractable fixing means at the distal ends thereof to permit affixing the distal ends of each of said catheters in the wall of the septum at predetermined positions along the wall of the septum, whereby defibrillation may be achieved with minimal energy.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
19 words
The defibrillator of claim 1 wherein said first and second catheters have a diameter between 6.5 and 8.0 French.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
12 words
The defibrillator of claim 1 wherein said extractable means are screw elements.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
12 words
The defibrillator of claim 2 wherein said extractable means are screw elements.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
17 words
The defibrillator of claim 1 wherein said energy required to defibrillate is between five and fifteen joules.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
53 words
The defibrillator of claim 1 wherein said first and second defibrillating electrodes are positioned sufficiently close to the distal end of their respective ones of said catheters and have a length such that when the catheters are affixed to the wall of the septum, said electrodes are contained entirely within the right ventricle.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
28 words
The defibrillator of claim 6 wherein said electrodes are coils mounted on the outer surface of said catheters and have an axial length of approximately six centimeters each.
Claim 9
Independent Claim
131 words
The method of implanting cardiac defibrillation electrodes comprising the steps of: providing first and second defibrillating electrodes at the distal ends of first and second catheters respectively wherein each of said catheters are sufficiently pliable and have sufficiently small diameters to permit perveneously placing said catheters through the tricuspid valve into the right ventricle of a patient's heart, affixing the distal end of a first one of said catheters to the wall of the septum at the right ventricle outflow tract, affixing a second one of said catheters to the wall of the septum at the ventricular apex, positioning the distal ends of said catheters which carry said defibrillating electrodes in the right ventricle such that the defibrillating electrodes have average axes which are at a substantial angle to one another.
Claim 10
Independent Claim
131 words
The method of implanting cardiac defibrillation electrodes comprising the steps of: providing first and second defibrillating electrodes at the distal ends of first and second catheters respectively wherein each of said catheters are sufficiently pliable and have sufficiently small diameters to permit perveneously placing said catheters through the tricuspid valve into the right ventricle of a patient's heart, affixing the distal end of a first one of said catheters to the wall of the septum at the right ventricle outflow tract, affixing a second one of said catheters to the wall of the septum at the ventricular apex, positioning the distal ends of said catheters which carry said defibrillating electrodes in the right ventricle such that the defibrillating electrodes have average axes which are at a substantial angle to one another.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
15 words
The method of claim 8 wherein said substantial angle is between forty-five and sixty degrees.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
36 words
The method of claim 8 further comprising the step of: affixing an electrode which is a pole opposite from said defibrillating electrodes to the patient at a point overlying the cardiac apex of the patient's heart.
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