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Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) system including substernal pacing lead

  • US 10,556,117 B2
  • Filed: 04/25/2014
  • Issued: 02/11/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/06/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • generating one or more pacing pulses with an implantable cardiac device;

    delivering the one or more pacing pulses via at least one electrode of a pacing lead coupled to the implantable cardiac device and implanted at least partially along a posterior side of a sternum within an anterior mediastinum of a patient such that the at least one electrode is physically isolated from a pericardium of the patient, wherein the pacing lead comprises a first elongated body defining at least one lumen therethrough;

    generating a defibrillation pulse with the implantable cardiac device; and

    delivering the defibrillation pulse via at least one electrode of a defibrillation lead coupled to the implantable cardiac device, wherein the defibrillation lead comprises a second elongated body, separate from the first elongated body, defining at least one lumen therethrough.

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