Duckbill-shaped implantable cardioverter-defibrillator canister and method of use
First Claim
1. An implantable cardioverter-defibrillator for subcutaneous positioning between the third rib and the twelfth rib within a patient, the implantable cardioverter-defibrillator comprising:
- a housing, wherein the housing comprises a proximal end having a width and a distal end having a width and wherein the width of the distal end is less than the width of the proximal end;
an electrical circuit located within the housing; and
an electrode electrically coupled to the electrical circuit and located on the housing.
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Abstract
One embodiment of the present invention provides an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator for subcutaneous positioning between the third rib and the twelfth rib within a patient, the implantable cardioverter-defibrillator including a housing; wherein the housing comprises a proximal end having a width and a distal end having a width and wherein the width of the proximal end is less than the width of the distal end; an electrical circuit located within the housing; and an electrode electrically coupled to the electrical circuit and located on the housing.
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150 Claims
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1. An implantable cardioverter-defibrillator for subcutaneous positioning between the third rib and the twelfth rib within a patient, the implantable cardioverter-defibrillator comprising:
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a housing, wherein the housing comprises a proximal end having a width and a distal end having a width and wherein the width of the distal end is less than the width of the proximal end;
an electrical circuit located within the housing; and
an electrode electrically coupled to the electrical circuit and located on the housing. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51)
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52. A duckbill-shaped implantable cardioverter-defibrillator comprising:
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a main housing member having a length, a width and a depth;
a distal housing member extending proximally from the main housing member, wherein the distal housing member has a length, a width and a depth;
an electrical circuit located within the main housing member; and
an electrode electrically coupled to the electrical circuit and located on the distal housing member. - View Dependent Claims (53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150)
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113. A method of inserting an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator within a patient, the method comprising the steps of:
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providing a duckbill-shaped cardioverter-defibrillator comprising a housing, an electrical circuit located within the housing, and an electrode located on the housing, wherein the duckbill-shaped cardioverter-defibrillator is configured to maintain the electrode in a predetermined relationship subcutaneously over a patient'"'"'s ribcage;
making a single incision on a patient'"'"'s thorax; and
advancing the duckbill-shaped cardioverter-defibrillator through the single incision and subcutaneously over a patient'"'"'s ribcage.
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