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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 26, 1993
Filed:
Sep. 04, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
607122 ; 128642 ;
Abstract
An electrode for implantation in a patient and for connection through a lead to a heart stimulation/sensing system has an active electrode element of conductive material and the electrode has a shape and size conforming to an interspace between the periost and the bone at the inner side of a rib proximal to the heart of a patient so as to accommodate location of the electrode at the interspace. The electrode has fixing elements to fix the relative position of the electrode with respect to the rib. An implantation method is also disclosed.