Implantable cardioverter defibrillator housing plated electrode
AssigneeAngeion Corporation
InventorTheodore P. Adams
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Abstract
A defibrillator for pectoral implant in a patient wherein the metal housing or case of the defibrillator is utilized as an electrode and is operative to supply electrical pulses. The housing is coated with an oxidation resistant material to optimize electrode function.
Claims11
An implantable cardioverter defibrillator system comprising a pulse generator, a lead connecting said pulse generator to a first electrode whereby an electrical pulse generated by said pulse generator is conducted to said first electrode, a second electrode, said second electrode comprising an external area of said pulse generator, said external area being in electrical contact with pulse generation circuitry of said pulse generator wherein a pulse generated through said first electrode is discharged against said second electrode, said external area being coated with an oxidation resistant material.
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