CARDIAC PACING

• US 20170304634A1
• Filed: 07/07/2017
• Published: 10/26/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 09/04/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Atacor Medical Inc.
• Original Assignee: Atacor Medical Inc.
• Inventors: Sanghera, Rick, Marcovecchio, Alan, McGeehan, Sean P.
• Granted Patent: US 10,328,268 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 1/0504 Subcutaneous electrodes
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 1/0587 Epicardial electrode systems; Endocardial electrodes piercing the pericardium
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 1/059 Anchoring means
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 1/362 Heart stimulators heart defibrillators A61N1/39
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 1/36535 controlled by body position or posture
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 1/36585 controlled by two or more physical parameters
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 1/3752 Details of casing-lead connections
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 1/3956 Implantable devices for applying electric shocks to the heart, e.g. for cardioversion

Abstract

A cardiac pacing system that includes a pulse generator to generate therapeutic electrical pulses and at least one lead inserted through an intercostal space in the region of a cardiac notch of the left lung of a patient, the lead having a distal end configured to transmit the therapeutic electrical pulses generated by the pulse generator to pace the heart of the patient.

Claims

1. A cardiac pacing system comprising:

a pulse generator configured to generate therapeutic electrical pulses for pacing of a heart of a patient; and

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a lead disposed in the region of a cardiac notch of the left lung of the patient, the lead having a distal end configured to transmit the therapeutic electrical pulses generated by the pulse generator to pace the heart of the patient.

2. The system as in claim 1, wherein the pulse generator is implanted within the patient.

3. The system as in claim 1, wherein the pulse generator is disposed outside of a patient'"'"'s rib cage.

4. The system as in claim 1, wherein the distal end of the lead is positioned within an intercostal space of the patient.

5. The system as in claim 1, wherein the distal end of the lead is positioned on the inner surface of the innermost intercostal muscle.

6. The system as in claim 1, wherein the distal end of the lead is positioned within the mediastinum, proximate the heart, but not physically in contact with the heart.

7. The system as in claim 1, wherein a portion of the lead is positioned through an intercostal space of the patient.

8. The system as in claim 1, further comprising:

a lead sensor disposed at a distal end of the lead, the lead sensor configured to monitor a physiological characteristic of the patient; and

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wherein the pulse generator is configured to adjust the generated therapeutic electrical pulses based on signals received from the lead sensor.

9. A cardiac pacing method comprising:

inserting a lead into an intercostal space in the region of a cardiac notch of a patient, the lead having a distal end configured to transmit therapeutic electrical pulses to a patient'"'"'s heart; and

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connecting the lead to a pulse generator, the pulse generator configured to generate the therapeutic electrical pulses for pacing the patient'"'"'s heart.

10. The method as in claim 9 further comprising implanting the pulse generator within the patient.

11. The method as in claim 9 further comprising positioning the pulse generator outside of a patient'"'"'s rib cage.

12. The method as in claim 9, wherein inserting the lead further comprises positioning the distal end within the intercostal space.

13. The method as in claim 9, wherein inserting the lead further comprises positioning the distal end on the inner surface of the innermost intercostal muscle.

14. The method as in claim 9, wherein inserting the lead further comprises positioning the distal end within the mediastinum, proximate the heart, but not physically in contact with the heart.