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  • Remotely enabled pacemaker and implantable subcutaneous cardioverter/defibrillator system
    Patent number: 7991467
    Abstract: Subcutaneous Implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (SubQ ICDs) are disclosed that are entirely implantable subcutaneously with minimal surgical intrusion into the body of the patient and provide distributed cardioversion-defibrillation sense and stimulation electrodes for delivery of cardioversion-defibrillation shock and pacing therapies across the heart when necessary. The SubQ ICD is implemented with other implantable and external medical devices and communicates to provide drugs and therapy in a coordinated and synergistic manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2011
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: H. Toby Markowitz, Douglas A. Hettrick, William J. Combs, Todd J. Sheldon, David L. Thompson, Raja N. Ghanem, Kevin A. Wanasek