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US 2017/0304634 A1Published application
Cardiac pacing
AssigneeAtaCor Medical, Inc.
InventorsRick Sanghera, Alan Marcovecchio, Sean P. McGeehan
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Abstract
A cardiac pacing system that includes a pulse generator to generate therapeutic electrical pulses and at least one lead inserted through an intercostal space in the region of a cardiac notch of the left lung of a patient, the lead having a distal end configured to transmit the therapeutic electrical pulses generated by the pulse generator to pace the heart of the patient.
Claims14
A cardiac pacing system comprising:
- a pulse generator configured to generate therapeutic electrical pulses for pacing of a heart of a patient;
- and,
- a lead disposed in the region of a cardiac notch of the left lung of the patient, the lead having a distal end configured to transmit the therapeutic electrical pulses generated by the pulse generator to pace the heart of the patient.
A cardiac pacing method comprising:
- inserting a lead into an intercostal space in the region of a cardiac notch of a patient, the lead having a distal end configured to transmit therapeutic electrical pulses to a patient's heart;
- and,
- connecting the lead to a pulse generator, the pulse generator configured to generate the therapeutic electrical pulses for pacing the patient's heart.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.