Implantable shock electrode line and implantable defibrillation arrangement
AssigneeBiotronik CRM Patent AG
InventorThomas Doerr
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Abstract
An implantable shock electrode line having a proximal terminal for connection to an implantable defibrillator, an elongated flexible line body, and a shock electrode and a drug delivery device arranged at or near the distal end of the line body. A drug depot connected to the drug delivery device is provided in the shock electrode line, and the terminal is designed as a purely electric standard terminal. The drug delivery device is designed for control by an electric pulse transmitted over the electric terminal to the shock electrode line.
Claims20
An implantable shock electrode line including an elongated line body extending between:
- a. a proximal end bearing:
- (1) an electric terminal, and
- (2) a drug depot;
- b. a distal end bearing:
- (1) a shock electrode, the shock electrode being configured to deliver a shock upon receipt of an electric pulse transmitted from the electric terminal, and
- (2) a drug delivery device including one or more piezoelectrically-driven pumps, the drug delivery device being configured to deliver a dose of a drug from the drug depot when the electric pulse is transmitted from the electric terminal to the shock electrode.
An implantable shock electrode line including:
- a. an electric terminal,
- b. an elongated line body extending from the electric terminal at a proximal line body end, and
- c. a shock electrode at or near a distal line body end opposite the proximal line body end,
- d. an electrically-actuated pump on the line body at or near the shock electrode,
- e. a drug depot at or near the proximal line body end, the drug depot being connected to the pump via a fluid connection,
- wherein the pump is configured to be triggered by an electric pulse transmitted from the electric terminal to the shock electrode.
An implantable shock electrode line including:
- a. an elongated flexible line body extending between a proximal end and a distal end,
- b. an electric terminal for connection to an implantable defibrillator at the proximal end,
- c. a shock electrode at the distal end, and
- d. a drug delivery device at the distal end, wherein the drug delivery device is configured to be triggered by an electric pulse transmitted from the electric terminal to the shock electrode.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.