Method for Implanting an Implantable Medical Device

A kit for implanting an implantable medical dev ice into a body of a human patient in need of such implantation, the kit comprising:

• an implantable medical device configured to sense electrical signals from a heart of a patient and optionally to stimulate the patient's heart with electrical signals, the implantable medical device having at least two electrode connectors;
• a first electrode connected to or connectable to a first of the electrode connectors of the implantable medical device and a second electrode connected to or connectable to a second of the electrode connectors of the implantable medical device;
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• at least one tunneling tool configured to prepare an implantation path for at least one of the first electrode and the second electrode.

A method of treatment of a cardiac arrhythmia of a human patient with a cardiac pacing arrangement, the cardiac pacing arrangement comprising:

• an implantable medical device configured to sense electrical signals from a heart of a patient and to stimulate the patient's heart with electrical signals, the implantable medical dev ice having at least two electrode connectors;
• a first electrode connected to a first of the electrode connectors of the implantable medical device and a second electrode connected to a second of the electrode connectors of the implantable medical device;
• wherein the human patient has a heart, a skin, a thorax and an abdomen, wherein the thorax is located in a thoracic region of the patient and the abdomen is located in an abdominal region of the patient,
• wherein the cardiac pacing arrangement has been implanted into the human patient by a single skin incision into the patient's skin in an abdominal region of the patient.