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Patent No.:

US 8923980 B1

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Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2014

Filed:

Feb. 13, 2013
Applicant:

James M. Kallis, Los Angeles, CA (US);

Inventor:

James M. Kallis, Los Angeles, CA (US);

Assignee:

Kallis Technical Services, Los Angeles, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/00 (2006.01); A61N 1/37 (2006.01); A61N 1/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/371 (2013.01); A61N 1/08 (2013.01); A61N 2001/083 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method and apparatus implementing the method, which is not dependent on monitoring the electrical impedance of the lead, detects imminent structural failure of an electrical lead in an implanted medical device, such as an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) or a pacemaker. The approach is to monitor directly the mechanical load loss of the lead (a measure of the loss of structural integrity of the lead) rather than, as in the prior art, to infer it from the electrical impedance.


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Kallis, James. (2014). Method and apparatus for detecting imminent structural failure of an electrical lead in an implanted cardiac therapy medical device (U.S. Patent No. 8923980). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/8923980

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