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US 8,527,069 B2Granted
Sternal closure wire for sensing and therapeutic energy delivery
AssigneeTexas Heart Institute
InventorsMehdi Razavi, Alan Brewer
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Abstract
An embodiment includes a sensor coupled to a sternal closure wire. The sternal closure wire holds two sternum portions of a patient adjacent to one another and the first sensor senses a biological signal of the patient. An embodiment includes a current source coupled to a sternal closure wire. The sternal closure wire holds two sternum portions of a patient adjacent to one another, and the current source delivers an electrical current to the patient via the sternal closure wire. Other embodiments are described herein.
Claims16
A system comprising:
- a sternal closure wire;
- and
- a first sensor to slidably couple to the sternal closure wire to provide a user with a plurality of final installation locations for the first sensor along the sternal closure wire;
- wherein in a first mode (a) the sternal closure wire physically couples to the first sensor, (b) the sternal closure wire holds two sternum portions of a patient adjacent to one another, (c) the first sensor senses a first biological signal of the patient, (d) the first sensor processes the first biological signal to generate a processed signal, and (e) the first sensor transmits the processed signal to the user.
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A system comprising:
- a sternal closure wire;
- and
- a first current source to slidably couple to the sternal closure wire to provide a user with a plurality of final installation locations for the first current source along the sternal closure wire;
- wherein in a first mode (a) the sternal closure wire holds two sternum portions of a patient adjacent to one another, and (b) the first current source delivers an electrical current to the patient via the sternal closure wire.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.