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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 28, 2021
Filed:
Jul. 11, 2019
Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Andrew L. De Kock, Ham Lake, MN (US);
G. Shantanu Reddy, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Robert D. Brock, II, St. Paul, MN (US);
Stephen J. Hahn, Shoreview, MN (US);
Brendan E. Koop, Ham Lake, MN (US);
Moira B. Sweeney, St. Paul, MN (US);
Wyatt K. Stahl, Little Canada, MN (US);
CARDIAC PACEMAKERS, INC., St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
A subcutaneous implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (S-ICD) comprising shocking electrodes configured to reduce the defibrillation threshold. The S-ICD may include a canister housing a source of electrical energy, a capacitor, and operational circuitry that senses heart rhythms and an electrode and lead assembly. The electrode and lead assembly may comprise a lead, at least one sensing electrode, and at least one shocking electrode. The at least one shocking electrode may extend over a length in the range of 50 to 110 millimeters and a width in the range of 1 to 40 millimeters.