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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2007
Mikael Forslund, Stockholm, SE;
Johan Eckerdal, Knivsta, SE;
Mikael Forslund, Stockholm, SE;
Johan Eckerdal, Knivsta, SE;
St. Jude Medical AB, Jarfalla, SE;
Abstract
An implantable medical system for delivering pacing pulses to HIS bundle of a heart of a patient when implanted in said patient includes a medical lead, which is adapted to be attached with a distal end to tissue of said heart, including a at least two electrodes arranged being electrically separated from each other. The implantable medical device connectable to the medical lead includes a pacing circuit adapted to deliver the pacing pulses to said heart via the medical lead, a selection device connected between the pacing circuit and the electrodes adapted to selectively activate at least one of said electrodes, and a processing device adapted to control the selection device to selectively activate at least one of the electrodes to direct the pacing pulses to the HIS bundle.