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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:
Nov. 05, 1996
Filed:
Sep. 25, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Pacesetter AB, Solna, SE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
607122 ;
Abstract
An electrode device, for intracardiac stimulation and/or defibrillation of heart tissue and/or sensing heart signals in a patient, has a soft, flexible electrode cable with an outer coating of insulation containing at least one elongate conductor connected to an electrode arranged on the electrode cable. In order to attain an electrode device of this kind which is structurally very simple and in which all the electrodes on the electrode cable can be applied to the heart wall in a very simple manner so the entire electrode surface faces the wall and firmly presses against it, the electrode cable is at least partially ribbon-shaped.