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Duckbill-shaped implantable cardioverter-defibrillator canister and method of use

  • US 7,065,407 B2
  • Filed: 08/27/2001
  • Issued: 06/20/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/18/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of inserting an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator within a patient, the method comprising the steps of:

  • providing a cardioverter-defibrillator comprising a unitary housing, an electrical circuit located within the housing, and an electrode located on the housing, wherein the unitary housing has an exterior surface that is tapered from a first width at a proximal end to a second, smaller width at a distal end, wherein the cardioverter-defibrillator is configured to maintain the electrode in a predetermined relationship subcutaneously over a patient'"'"'s ribcage;

    making an incision on a patient'"'"'s thorax; and

    advancing the cardioverter-defibrillator through the incision and subcutaneously over a patient'"'"'s ribcage, wherein the cardioverter-defibrillator is advanced approximately between a patient'"'"'s third and a patient'"'"'s twelfth rib.

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