Radian curve shaped implantable cardioverter-defibrillator canister
AssigneeCameron Health, Inc.
InventorsGust H. Bardy, Riccardo Cappato, William J. Rissmann, Gary H. Sanders
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Abstract
One embodiment of the present invention provides an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator for subcutaneous positioning between the third rib and the twelfth rib within a patient, the implantable cardioverter-defibrillator including a housing, wherein at least a portion of the housing is curved; an electrical circuit; and an electrically conductive surface located on a portion of the housing, wherein the electrically conductive surface is coupled to the electrical circuit.
Claims18
A housing for an implantable electrical cardiac stimulus device, the housing having a curvature shaped to mimic the anatomical shape of a patient's ribcage such that the housing can maintain a predetermined relationship over a patient's ribs when subcutaneously implanted;
- the housing having a first electrode located on an interior portion of the curvature.
A housing for an implantable medical device, the housing having a curvature, width, thickness, a proximal end, and a distal end, the thickness tapering along at least a portion between the proximal and distal ends, the curvature adapted for conformal subcutaneous placement adjacent a patient's ribs;
- wherein the housing has a first electrode located on an interior portion of the curvature.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.