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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2002
Filed:
Jun. 26, 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 electrically connected by way 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 there are switching means ( ) which are of such an arrangement and configuration that the connection between individual ones of the electrically conducting surface regions ( ) and the cardioelectric device can be permanently switched on or off in the region of the electrode line ( ).