Avi Fischer,Xiaoyi Min,Kyungmoo Ryu,Gene A. Bornzin,Keith Victorine,Stuart Rosenberg,Shubha Asopa
申请号:
US15973249
公开号:
US20190336747A1
申请日:
2018.05.07
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2019
代理人:
摘要:
Methods and devices include making an incision at a single site of a patient. The single site located at an anterior of a chest or abdomen. The method also includes inserting a tunneling tool through the incision at the single site and preparing a first tunnel to a subcutaneous posterior location. A path of the first tunnel at least one of i) extends over a plurality of Intercostal gaps of the chest or ii) extends along and within one of the intercostal gaps. The method also includes positioning a first lead having an electrode within the first tunnel and preparing a second tunnel to a subcutaneous parasternal location along the chest. The method also includes positioning a second lead having an electrode within the second tunnel and positioning a pulse generator within a subcutaneous pocket and operatively coupling the first and second leads to the pulse generator.