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Pacemaker housing

  • US 5,895,414 A
  • Filed: 04/10/1997
  • Issued: 04/20/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/19/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A pacemaker for implanting outside of a ribcage of a patient for providing electrical pulses for a heart, comprising:

  • a housing with a generally concave inner wall having a generally elliptical periphery;

    the housing having a generally convex outer wall spaced outward from the inner wall, the outer wall having a generally elliptical periphery which joins the periphery of the inner wall to define a cavity for an electrical circuit;

    at least one electrical wire extending from the cavity out an upper edge of the housing for attachment to the heart; and

    an aperture positioned adjacent the upper edge of the housing for suturing the housing to tissue.

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