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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 05, 2010
Filed:
Feb. 12, 2003
Kerstin Täubert, Berlin, DE;
Siegfried Voigt, Berlin, DE;
Erhard Flach, Berlin, DE;
Gernot Kolberg, Berlin, DE;
Gerhard Hahnke, Berlin, DE;
Agur Junge, Berlin, DE;
Kerstin Täubert, Berlin, DE;
Siegfried Voigt, Berlin, DE;
Erhard Flach, Berlin, DE;
Gernot Kolberg, Berlin, DE;
Gerhard Hahnke, Berlin, DE;
Agur Junge, Berlin, DE;
Abstract
A guide wire for introducing an implantable electrode line, wherein the electrode line is particular a heart electrode line for intracardial sensing of cardiac actionpotentials and/or for electrical stimulation or defibrillation of the heart, and wherein the guide wire is adapted for interlocking with the electrode line, and wherein the guide wire comprises a deformation, in particular curved, wavy, V-shaped, zig-zag, or trapezoidal, enlarging the effective contact diameter of the guide wire to a value corresponding essentially to the inner diameter of a lumen of the electrode line or greater than this.