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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 11, 2022
William Marsh Rice University, Houston, TX (US);
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX (US);
Texas Heart Institute, Houston, TX (US);
Matteo Pasquali, Houston, TX (US);
Mehdi Razavi, Houston, TX (US);
Flavia Vitale, Houston, TX (US);
Colin Christopher Young, Houston, TX (US);
Mark David Mccauley, Houston, TX (US);
William Marsh Rice University, Houston, TX (US);
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX (US);
Texas Heart Institute, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A method of improving electrical conduction across an impaired region of a tissue (e.g., myocardial tissue), includes applying an electrically conductive wiring (e.g., carbon nanotube fibers) across the impaired region. The electrically conductive wiring can become associated with non-impaired regions of the tissue on opposite sides of the impaired region by suturing. The method can also be utilized to treat or prevent cardiac arrhythmia in a subject (e.g., ventricular arrhythmia). The electrically conductive wiring includes carbon nanotubes, such as carbon nanotube fibers. Such electrically conductive wiring can be used to transmit electrical signals to a tissue or sense electrical signals from the tissue. Suture threads including carbon nanotubes, such as carbon nanotube fibers, are provided.