Abstract: Percutaneous transvenous defibrillator and/or pacing devices with integrated cardiac assist devices and method of use. In some embodiments, a device may comprise a shared catheter, a defibrillator assembly, an automated external defibrillator (AED) and a cardiac assist assembly, wherein the defibrillator assembly includes at least two defibrillation coils in communication with the AED and wherein the defibrillator assembly and the cardiac assist assembly use the shared catheter for percutaneous and intravenous implantation into a patient. In some embodiments, a device may comprise a shared catheter, a pacing assembly, a pacing controller and a cardiac assist assembly, wherein the pacing assembly includes at least two electrodes in communication with the pacing controller, and wherein the pacer assembly and the cardiac assist assembly use the shared catheter for percutaneous and intravenous implantation into a patient.

Abstract: A method for subcutaneously implanting a heart device in a patient using an implantation device involves making a first incision in the vicinity of the sternum of the patient and a second incision in the lumbar region of the patient posterior to the vertebral column of the patient. The implantation device is inserted through the first incision to the second incision, and a guidewire is placed through the implantation device via the second incision to the first incision. An end of the guidewire is coupled to the heart device, and the guidewire is pulled through the implantation device until the guidewire is placed within the patient. The guidewire then is detached from the heart device, and the implantation device is removed. The first and second incisions are sutured such that the heart device is left positioned completely subcutaneously around the heart and outside of the ribcage of the patient.

Abstract: An encapsulation configuration for electronic components in a flexible implantable medical device, including at least one set of folded circuit boards and a filler material, the set of folded circuit boards including a plurality of circuit boards and a plurality of connection cables, each one of the circuit boards including at least one electronics component, each one of the circuit boards having a generally rectangular shape, the connection cables electrically coupling adjacent ones of the circuit boards and the circuit boards being folded over one another in a pleated manner, the filler material surrounding the set of folded circuit boards, the filler material and the set of folded circuit boards together having a cylindrical shape, the set of folded circuit boards being positioned lengthwise in the cylindrical shape and the electronics component being positioned on the set of folded circuit boards to achieve optimal volume consumption in the electronics encapsulation.

Abstract: An encapsulation configuration for electronic components in a flexible implantable medical device, including at least one set of folded circuit boards and a filler material, the set of folded circuit boards including a plurality of circuit boards and a plurality of connection cables, each one of the circuit boards including at least one electronics component, each one of the circuit boards having a generally rectangular shape, the connection cables electrically coupling adjacent ones of the circuit boards and the circuit boards being folded over one another in a pleated manner, the filler material surrounding the set of folded circuit boards, the filler material and the set of folded circuit boards together having a cylindrical shape, the set of folded circuit boards being positioned lengthwise in the cylindrical shape and the electronics component being positioned on the set of folded circuit boards to achieve optimal volume consumption in the electronics encapsulation.

Abstract: A method for subcutaneously implanting a heart device in a patient using an implantation device involves making a first incision in the vicinity of the sternum of the patient and a second incision in the lumbar region of the patient posterior to the vertebral column of the patient. The implantation device is inserted through the first incision to the second incision, and a guidewire is placed through the implantation device via the second incision to the first incision. An end of the guidewire is coupled to the heart device, and the guidewire is pulled through the implantation device until the guidewire is placed within the patient. The guidewire then is detached from the heart device, and the implantation device is removed. The first and second incisions are sutured such that the heart device is left positioned completely subcutaneously around the heart and outside of the ribcage of the patient.

Abstract: Injectable subcutaneous heart device (ISHD) for regulating arrhythmias in a heart of a patient, including a plurality of linked structures, each one of the linked structures being hollow, an interconnecting bus, a biocompatible coating, at least two electrodes and a plurality of sensors, the interconnecting bus for electrically coupling the linked structures and the biocompatible coating for hermetically sealing and electrically insulating the linked structures, one of the linked structures encapsulating a power source, another one of the linked structures encapsulating at least one capacitor and a third one of the linked structures encapsulating electronics, the electrodes and the sensors being respectively placed on an outer surface of the linked structures located at opposite ends of the ISH D, for detecting arrhythmias and providing electrical shocks to the heart, the electrodes and the sensors being electrically coupled with the interconnecting bus and the ISHD being positioned subcutaneously around the

Abstract: Encapsulation configuration for electronic components in a flexible implantable medical device, including a first encapsulation section and a second encapsulation section, the first encapsulation section including a plurality of circuit boards (CBs), each CB including at least one electronics component and a plurality of connection cables, wherein each CB has a generally circular shape and wherein each connection cable electrically couples adjacent ones of the plurality of CBs alternatively at opposite ends, thereby giving the encapsulation configuration an accordion like shape when folded, the second encapsulation section including a flat CB, including a plurality of electronics components, wherein the flat CB has a generally rectangular shape, wherein the plurality of electronics components are positioned on both sides of the flat CB with taller ones of the plurality of electronics components positioned closer to the center of the flat CB and shorter ones of the plurality of electronics components positione

Abstract: Capacitor configuration for use in a subcutaneous implantable cardioverter defibrillator having a tubular shape, including a first plurality of high volumetric efficiency capacitors, each one of the first plurality of high volumetric efficiency capacitors having a disc shape, the first plurality of high volumetric efficiency capacitors being coupled in parallel and arranged in a stack as a first array of capacitors, thereby forming a cylindrically shaped capacitor.

Abstract: Injectable subcutaneous heart device (ISHD) for regulating arrhythmias in a heart of a patient, including a plurality of linked structures, each one of the linked structures being hollow, an interconnecting bus, a biocompatible coating, at least two electrodes and a plurality of sensors, the interconnecting bus for electrically coupling the linked structures and the biocompatible coating for hermetically sealing and electrically insulating the linked structures, one of the linked structures encapsulating a power source, another one of the linked structures encapsulating at least one capacitor and a third one of the linked structures encapsulating electronics, the electrodes and the sensors being respectively placed on an outer surface of the linked structures located at opposite ends of the ISH D, for detecting arrhythmias and providing electrical shocks to the heart, the electrodes and the sensors being electrically coupled with the interconnecting bus and the ISHD being positioned subcutaneously around the