Cardiac pacing

• US 10,420,933 B2
• Filed: 10/19/2017
• Issued: 09/24/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 09/04/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Atacor Medical Inc.
• Original Assignee: Atacor Medical Inc.
• Inventors: Sanghera, Rick, Marcovecchio, Alan, McGeehan, Sean, Burke, Martin
• Primary Examiner(s): Fairchild, Mallika D
• Application Number:
  US15/788,760
• Publication Number:
  US 20180050199A1
• Time in Patent Office: 705 Days
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 17/3423 Access ports, e.g. toroid shape introducers for instruments or hands access sites for liquids A61M39/0247
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 17/3468 for implanting or removing devices, e.g. prostheses, implants, seeds, wires devices for implanting seeds A61M37/0069
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2017/3427 for intercostal space
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2017/3482 inside
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2017/3488 Fixation to inner organ or inner body tissue
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2017/3492 against the outside of the body
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/587 Lighting arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 25/00 Catheters; Hollow probes dilators A61M29/00; peritoneal catheters A61M1/285; tracheal tubes A61M16/04; for drainage A61M27/00; for uterus, vagina or rectum A61M31/00 ; for measuring or testing A61B; materials for catheters A61L29/00
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 25/06 Body-piercing guide needles or the like
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 1/0504 Subcutaneous electrodes
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 1/0587 Epicardial electrode systems; Endocardial electrodes piercing the pericardium
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 1/059 Anchoring means
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 1/0592 Introducing the lead through the pericardium with a needle
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 1/3629 in combination with non-electric therapy
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 1/365 controlled by a physiological parameter, e.g. heart potential evoked response A61N1/371
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 1/36542 controlled by body motion, e.g. acceleration
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 1/3655 controlled by body or blood temperature
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 1/36564 controlled by blood pressure
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 1/37211 Means for communicating with stimulators
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 1/37512 Pacemakers
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 1/3752 : Details of casing-lead connections

Abstract

A cardiac pacing system that includes an implantable pulse generator and electrical leads that include a lead body portion having a distal end and a proximal end, a connector configured to electrically connect the proximal end of the lead body to the pulse generator, and at least one electrode disposed at the distal end of the lead body for delivering electrical stimulation to a patient'"'"'s heart, wherein the distal end of the lead body is configured to terminate within the mediastinum of the thoracic cavity of the patient, proximate to the heart.

Claims

1. An implantable cardiac pacing system comprising:

a pulse generator including a housing, the pulse generator configured to generate therapeutic electric pulses;

at least one conductor electrically coupled to the pulse generator and egressing from the housing, wherein the conductor has a distal end including a connection port remote from the housing and configured to couple with at least one implantable lead; and

a port assembly contiguously attached to the housing and encompassing the at least one conductor and the connection port.

2. The implantable cardiac pacing system as in claim 1, further comprising:

a lead having a proximal end configured to couple with the connection port, the lead configured to transmit the therapeutic electric pulses generated by the pulse generator.

3. The implantable cardiac pacing system as in claim 1, further comprising:

at least one housing electrode on the housing, the at least one housing electrode configured to monitor a physiological characteristic of a patient.

4. The implantable cardiac pacing system as in claim 3, further comprising:

a lead having a proximal end configured to couple with the connection port;

at least one lead electrode disposed on the distal end of the lead, the at least one lead electrode configured to monitor a physiological characteristic of the patient; and

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wherein, the pulse generator is configured to modify the generated therapeutic electric pulses based on signals received from the at least one housing electrode and the at least one lead electrode.