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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 2018

Filed:

Feb. 12, 2016
Applicant:

Ebr Systems, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Inventors:

David F. Moore, San Carlos, CA (US);

Mark W. Cowan, San Jose, CA (US);

N. Parker Willis, Atherton, CA (US);

Assignee:

EBR Systems, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/378 (2006.01); A61B 5/042 (2006.01); A61N 1/362 (2006.01); A61N 1/372 (2006.01); A61N 1/375 (2006.01); A61N 1/37 (2006.01); A61B 17/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/3787 (2013.01); A61B 5/042 (2013.01); A61N 1/362 (2013.01); A61N 1/3702 (2013.01); A61N 1/3756 (2013.01); A61N 1/37205 (2013.01); A61B 17/3468 (2013.01); A61N 1/37223 (2013.01);
Abstract

Delivery of an implantable wireless receiver-stimulator (R-S) into the heart using delivery catheter is described. R-S comprises a cathode and an anode and wirelessly receives and converts energy, such as acoustic ultrasound energy, to electrical energy to stimulate the heart. Conductive wires routed through the delivery system temporarily connect R-S electrodes to external monitor and pacing controller. R-S comprises a first temporary electrical connection from the catheter to the cathode, and a second temporary electrical connection from the catheter to the anode. Temporary electrical connections allow external monitoring of heart's electrical activity as sensed by R-S electrodes to determine tissue viability for excitation as well as to assess energy conversion efficiency.


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