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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 09, 2002
Filed:
Jun. 22, 2000
Joachim Witte, Berlin, DE;
Abstract
An implantable electrode arrangement which includes an electrode line ( ) with a plurality of electrically conductive surface regions in the region of the distal end of the electrode line ( ) for outputting electrical signals to a heart and/or for receiving signals from a heart, which can be connected by way of at least one electric line ( ) of the electrode line ( ) to a cardioelectric device such as a defibrillator or cardiac pacemaker, which device receives electrical signals and/or outputs pulses, wherein arranged in the electrode line ( ) are switching means which are connected to the electric line ( ) and at least one electrically conducting surface region and which are such that they can make or break a connection between the electrically conducting surface region and the cardioelectric device in the region of the electrode line ( ), and arranged in the electrode line ( ) are control means which are connected to the electric line ( ) for receiving control signals and to the switching means for switching over from a state of the switching means of breaking the connection between the electric line ( ) and the electrically conducting surface region and a state of the switching means of making the connection or vice versa.