ELECTRODES FOR INTRA-CARDIAC PACEMAKER

A pacemaker has a housing and a therapy delivery circuit enclosed by the housing for generating pacing pulses for delivery to a patient's heart. An electrically insulative distal member is coupled directly to the housing and at least one non-tissue piercing cathode electrode is coupled directly...

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Hauptverfasser: Yang, Zhongping, Anderson, Thomas A, Dolan, Becky L, Stegemann, Berthold, Verbeek, Maurice, Chen, Xin
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Zusammenfassung:A pacemaker has a housing and a therapy delivery circuit enclosed by the housing for generating pacing pulses for delivery to a patient's heart. An electrically insulative distal member is coupled directly to the housing and at least one non-tissue piercing cathode electrode is coupled directly to the insulative distal member. A tissue piercing electrode extends away from the housing.