Biostimulator having extendible electrode
OwnerBryan Teague, Steve Chantasirivisal +4inventors
InventorsBryan Teague, Steve Chantasirivisal, Wesley Alleman, Megan Manalo, Mark Welch, Keith Victorine
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Abstract
An implantable biostimulator has a housing, one or more fixation elements at a distal end of the housing, and one or more electrode probes. The housing includes an electronics compartment containing pacing circuitry. The one or more electrode probes are coupled to the pacing circuitry. The one or more electrode probes are extendable from the distal end of the housing. The one or more electrode probes have depth control to a controlled depth of extension.
Claims20
A biostimulator, comprising:
- a housing including an electronics compartment containing pacing circuitry;
- one or more fixation elements at a distal end of the housing;
- and
- one or more electrode probes, coupled to the pacing circuitry, extendable from the distal end of the housing to a controlled depth of extension.
A biostimulator system, comprising:
- a biostimulator transport system;
- and
- a biostimulator mounted on a distal portion of the biostimulator transport system, wherein the biostimulator comprises:
- a housing including an electronics compartment containing pacing circuitry,
- one or more fixation elements at a distal end of the housing, and
- one or more electrode probes, coupled to the pacing circuitry, extendable from the distal end of the housing to a controlled depth of extension.
A method, comprising:
- locating the biostimulator to a target tissue;
- attaching the biostimulator to the target tissue, with one or more fixation elements of the biostimulator;
- and
- extending one or more electrode probes of the biostimulator from a distal end of a housing of the biostimulator, into the target tissue to a controlled depth of extension.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.