Abstract: A lead for an implantable stimulation device for cardiac stimulation of a patient generally extends along a longitudinal axis. The lead comprises a body section, a distal lead section extending from the body section along the longitudinal axis and forming a distal end, a first electrode device arranged on the distal lead section for at least one of transmitting an electrical pacing signal and sensing an electrical sense signal, the first electrode device being configured for placement in or on intra-cardiac tissue, and a second electrode device arranged on the body section for emitting an electrical defibrillation signal. The distal lead section in at least one portion comprises a reduced bending stiffness with respect to at least a portion of said body section.

Abstract: An implantable medical device for implantation into a patient comprises a body, an anchoring device for anchoring the body to tissue at a location of interest, the anchoring device being arranged on the body, and an electrode device for at least one of emitting an electrical stimulation signal and sensing an electrical sense signal. The electrode device comprises at least one electrode and a helically extending coil body, wherein the electrode device is movable with respect to the body between a retracted position, in which the electrode device at least partially is received within the body, and an engagement position, in which the electrode device is moved to protrude from the body to engage with tissue.

Abstract: A defibrillation generator for an implantable defibrillation system comprises a housing, a connector block for connecting an electrode lead assembly to be non-transvenously implanted in a patient, and control device for controlling the operation of the defibrillation generator. The connector block has two connectors, to each of which an electrode lead of the electrode lead assembly, said electrode leads having at least one defibrillation electrode pole, is connectable, wherein the control device is configurable to assume a first operating state if an electrode lead is connected to just one of the two connectors, or a second operating state if electrode leads are connected to each of the two connectors.

Abstract: An implantable extravascular electrode lead, having a proximal end and a distal end, comprises an electrode lead body that extends from the proximal end of the electrode lead to the distal end of the electrode lead, a connecting device arranged at the proximal end of the electrode lead body, and a fixing device arranged in the distal region of the electrode lead body or at the distal end of the electrode lead body. Once the electrode lead has been inserted into an extravascular region of a patient, the fixing device is actively actuatable from outside the body for fixing the electrode lead to patient body tissue.

Abstract: An implantable electrode lead having proximal and distal ends, comprising an electrode lead body and a pulling element. The pulling element has first and second ends. At the first end, the pulling element is connected to the distal end of the electrode lead or in the vicinity of the electrode lead distal end; referred to as the distal region of the electrode lead. Proceeding from the joining site between the first end of the pulling element and the electrode lead, the pulling element extends from the first end thereof toward the second end thereof to the proximal end of the electrode lead. The pulling element, proceeding from the joining site, extends outside the electrode lead body. A tensile force exerted onto the second end of the pulling element exerts a bending moment onto the electrode lead distal region. This bending moment results in bending of the electrode lead distal region.

Abstract: A fixing device for fixing a longitudinally extended element, having a fixing sleeve that surrounds a lumen extended in an axial direction for receiving the longitudinally extended element, the fixing sleeve having an inner side defining the lumen and an outer side facing away from the inner side, the fixing sleeve being embodied for fixing the fixing sleeve on the longitudinally extended element to be subjected to compression in the radial direction of the fixing sleeve by means of the at least one fixing element. The fixing device has an indicator device that is embodied to visually indicate when a force applied to the fixing sleeve by means of the at least one fixing element for compressing the fixing sleeve attains or exceeds a threshold.

Abstract: A method for implanting an implantable medical device into a body of a human patient in need of such implantation is disclosed. This method comprises the following steps: a) performing a single skin incision into the patient's skin in the abdominal region of the patient; b) moving the implantable medical device through the skin incision under the patient's skin into the patient's abdomen; c) moving a first electrode and a second electrode through the skin incision under the patient's skin into the thoracic region of the patient; d) connecting the first electrode and the second electrode to the implantable medical device if the first electrode and the second electrode are not yet connected to the implantable medical device; and e) closing the skin incision.

Abstract: Implantable lead having an electrode body with a free end and an inner part axially movable or rotatably movable with respect to it and an end on which means of fixation are extendable out of the free end by axially displacing the inner part, the inner periphery of the electrode body having an elastically deformable, peripheral, ring or ring segment-shaped, sealing/resistance element fixed to it. The outer periphery of the inner part having a section whose diameter changes (decreases) in the axial direction; this section passes the sealing/resistance element when the inner part is axially displaced. The inner periphery of the electrode body having a section whose diameter changes (decreases) in the axial direction; this section placed so that the sealing/resistance element passes this section when the inner part is axially displaced, the sealing/resistance element increasingly deformed during axial displacement of the inner part and counteracting movement thereof.

Abstract: A fixing device for fixing a longitudinally extended element, having a fixing sleeve that surrounds a lumen extended in an axial direction for receiving the longitudinally extended element, the fixing sleeve having an inner side defining the lumen and an outer side facing away from the inner side, the fixing sleeve being embodied for fixing the fixing sleeve on the longitudinally extended element to be subjected to compression in the radial direction of the fixing sleeve by means of the at least one fixing element. The fixing device has an indicator device that is embodied to visually indicate when a force applied to the fixing sleeve by means of the at least one fixing element for compressing the fixing sleeve attains or exceeds a threshold.

Abstract: A device (110) for insertion into a human or animal body has a surface (610) which at least partially bears a surface structure (140, 140?), wherein the coefficient of static friction between the surface structure (140, 140?) and an interface within the body is anisotropic.

Abstract: A configuration performs electrical therapy on a patient and is configured to produce at least one electrical therapeutic voltage, which acts at a therapy site in or on the patient's body. The configuration contains at least one first and one second subunit, and every subunit has at least one energy storage. The amount of energy storable by every individual energy storage is smaller than the amount of energy required to produce the electrical voltage for therapy.

Abstract: An implantable medical device including at least one elongate electrical line with a first electrical component as a functional conductor, and at least one second electrical component with an electrical length. The first electrical component includes a proximal end and a distal end, wherein the distal side is in electrical contact with tissue or blood. The first electrical component is in electrical contact with the at least one second electrical component, and wherein the electrical length of the at least one second component corresponds to at least a tenth of a wavelength (?/10) of electromagnetic waves in a radiofrequency range.

Abstract: Implantable lead having an electrode body with a free end and an inner part axially movable or rotatably movable with respect to it and an end on which means of fixation are extendable out of the free end by axially displacing the inner part, the inner periphery of the electrode body having an elastically deformable, peripheral, ring or ring segment-shaped, sealing/resistance element fixed to it. The outer periphery of the inner part having a section whose diameter changes (decreases) in the axial direction; this section passes the sealing/resistance element when the inner part is axially displaced. The inner periphery of the electrode body having a section whose diameter changes (decreases) in the axial direction; this section placed so that the sealing/resistance element passes this section when the inner part is axially displaced, the sealing/resistance element increasingly deformed during axial displacement of the inner part and counteracting movement thereof.

Abstract: An implantable electrical line including a lead, wherein the lead includes at least one helically wound electrical conductor. The at least one helically wound electrical conductor is surrounded by a fiber braid, which is formed by at least two fibers or fiber bundles, and wherein the at least two fibers or fiber bundles are interwoven and wound around the electrical conductor in opposite winding directions.

Abstract: A therapeutic or diagnostic medical product having an adhesion-enhancing surface structure, wherein the adhesion-enhancing surface structure is part of a membrane covering a cavity filled with a plastically deformable material.

Abstract: An electrode having an adhesion-enhancing surface structure.

Abstract: An electrode fixing sleeve is provided, an object of which is to create an electrode fixing sleeve, which, when used in a system with an electrode lead, does not damage the electrode lead even when a very strong substantially radial force is exerted onto the electrode fixing sleeve. In accordance with at least this object, an inner lateral surface of the electrode fixing sleeve is provided at least in part with an adhesion-enhancing surface structure. Since the adhesion-enhancing surface structure has adhesion-enhancing properties, this provides the advantage that the electrode fixing sleeve can be secured without exerting a strong radial force onto an electrode lead.

Abstract: An implantable electrode lead for transmitting electrical impulses to excitable bodily tissue and/or for transmitting electrical signals tapped at bodily tissue to a detection unit. The electrode lead including a distal electrode, a proximal electrode connector, and an electrode supply lead which connects the electrode, or each electrode, to the electrode connector, or each electrode connector, and extends in a lead body, wherein the lead body includes a hinged alignment of hard elements.

Abstract: A device (110) for insertion into a human or animal body has a surface (610) which at least partially bears a surface structure (140, 140?), wherein the coefficient of static friction between the surface structure (140, 140?) and an interface within the body is anisotropic.

Abstract: An implantable electrode lead for transmitting electrical impulses to excitable bodily tissue and/or for transmitting electrical signals tapped at bodily tissue to a detection unit. The electrode lead including a distal electrode, a proximal electrode connector, and an electrode supply lead which connects the electrode, or each electrode, to the electrode connector, or each electrode connector, and extends in a lead body, wherein the lead body includes a hinged alignment of hard elements.