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US 2008/0077217 A1Published application
Cardiac rhythm management system with intramural myocardial pacing leads and electrodes
AssigneeRichard Satterfield
InventorsWilliam Santamore, Jeanne Lesniak
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Abstract
Medical devices and therapeutic methods for use in the field of cardiology, cardiac rhythm management and interventional cardiology, and more specifically to catheter-based systems for implantation of pacing leads and electrodes, or intramural myocardial reinforcement devices, within the myocardial wall of the heart, such as the ventricles, to provide improved cardiac function.
Claims14
A method for direct localized therapeutic treatment of myocardial tissue in heart having a pathological condition comprising the steps of:
- a. identifying a target region of the myocardium having an epicardial region and an endocardial region and an intramural space defined between;
- b. delivering a lead having an electrode to said intramural space;
- wherein said electrode is configured to be connected to a therapeutic or diagnostic device, and wherein the mechanical properties of at least a portion of the myocardial tissue of the target region substantially identified in step (a) is physically modified.
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