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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2019
Applicant:
Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL (US);
Inventor:
Sawsan Awad, Chicago, IL (US);
Assignee:
Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/37 (2006.01); A61N 1/05 (2006.01); A61N 1/375 (2006.01); A61N 1/378 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/057 (2013.01); A61N 1/059 (2013.01); A61N 1/3756 (2013.01); A61N 1/378 (2013.01); A61N 2001/0578 (2013.01); A61N 2001/058 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention generally relates to leadless pacemaker devices for facilitating regulation of a patient's heart rate and to methods of implanting and using such devices. In one embodiment, the pacemaker device includes a first and a second expandable structure connected by a neck region. A pacemaker unit is contained within one of the expandable structures and a power source is contained within the other of the expandable structures and is electrically connected to the pacemaker unit.