Single-use medical device
First Claim
1. An electrical therapy device for implantation in a body, wherein the electrical therapy device is a pacemaker or a defibrillator capable of being connected to an electrode line upon implantation into said body, said electrical therapy device comprising:
- a blocking triggering unit adapted to be triggered upon separation of said electrode line from the electrical therapy device, indicating explantation of the electrical therapy device from said body; and
a re-use blocking unit adapted to prevent functions of the therapy device in dependence on a condition of the blocking triggering unit, including a condition of said blocking triggering unit indicating a triggering of said blocking triggering unit in response to said separation of said electrode line from said electrical therapy device.
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Abstract
An electrical therapy device has a blocking triggering unit and a re-use blocking unit. The re-use blocking unit prevents the functions of the electrical therapy device during implantation in dependence on the condition of the blocking triggering unit. The blocking triggering unit is triggered either upon implantation or explantation of the electrical therapy device. In some aspects, an electrical therapy device has a blocking triggering unit and a re-use blocking unit, wherein the re-use blocking unit prevents the functions of the electrical therapy device in dependence on the condition of the blocking triggering unit. The blocking triggering unit is triggered upon explantation of the electrical therapy device.
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36 Claims
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1. An electrical therapy device for implantation in a body, wherein the electrical therapy device is a pacemaker or a defibrillator capable of being connected to an electrode line upon implantation into said body, said electrical therapy device comprising:
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a blocking triggering unit adapted to be triggered upon separation of said electrode line from the electrical therapy device, indicating explantation of the electrical therapy device from said body; and a re-use blocking unit adapted to prevent functions of the therapy device in dependence on a condition of the blocking triggering unit, including a condition of said blocking triggering unit indicating a triggering of said blocking triggering unit in response to said separation of said electrode line from said electrical therapy device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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