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Temporary, post-heart surgery cardioverting and pacing system and lead systems for use therein

  • US 5,766,224 A
  • Filed: 04/02/1996
  • Issued: 06/16/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/02/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A post-surgical temporary lead kit for applying atrial cardioverting electrical energy and/or pacing energy to the heart of a post-surgical heart patient when connected between a source of cardioverting and/or pacing energy and a patient'"'"'s heart, said kit comprising the combination of:

  • a first lead and a second lead having distal ends adapted to be used beneath the skin and together including at the distal ends a pair of atrial cardioverting electrodes adapted to receive cardioverting energy from the source of cardioverting energy, an atrial pacing electrode adapted to receive pacing electrical energy from the source of pacing energy, and a ventricular pacing electrode adapted to receive pacing electrical energy from the source of pacing energy, the electrodes being electrically isolated from each other before being coupled to the patient'"'"'s heart; and

    anchor means adapted to releasably electrically contact each respective atrial cardioverting electrode with a respective given one of the atria, adapted to releasably electrically contact the atrial pacing electrode with one of the atria, and adapted to releasably electrically contact the ventricular pacing electrode with a ventricle, said anchor means being adapted to provide the releasable contact of the electrodes beneath the skin external to the interior of the heart to permit the first lead and the second lead to be pulled from beneath the skin.

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