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Single pass lead and method of use

  • US 5,922,014 A
  • Filed: 09/02/1997
  • Issued: 07/13/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/02/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method of pacing a right atrium of a patient'"'"'s heart, comprising:

  • advancing an electrode lead having a first electrode located on a distal portion of the lead and having a second electrode located proximal to the first electrode and having means for affixing the second electrode adjacent a wall of the patient'"'"'s superior vena cava by passing the first electrode through the right atrium of the patient'"'"'s heart to a desired location outside the right atrium;

    employing the affixing means to affix the second electrode in the patient'"'"'s superior vena cava adjacent a wall of the patient'"'"'s superior vena cava; and

    pacing the right atrium of the patient'"'"'s heart through the second electrode.

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