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Pacemaker with power-consuming component inhibited during storage

  • US 5,370,666 A
  • Filed: 06/07/1993
  • Issued: 12/06/1994
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/05/1992
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An implantable pacemaker comprising:

  • a battery;

    at least one power-consuming component connected to said battery, said power-consuming component being disenabled prior to implantation of said pacemaker;

    electrodes adapted for in vivo delivery of electrical energy from said battery to a patient, said electrodes having an having an impedance across said electrodes; and

    means responsive to a predetermined change in said impedance occurring substantially simultaneously with implantation of said pacemaker for enabling said power-consuming component.

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