Patent ID: 11857779
Assignee: MEDTRONIC, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. An implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) system comprising:
an ICD configured to be implanted subcutaneously in a patient;
a defibrillation lead having a proximal portion coupled to the ICD and a distal portion having a defibrillation electrode, the ICD being configured to deliver a defibrillation shock to a heart of the patient via the defibrillation electrode; and
a pacing lead comprising a first elongated body that includes a distal portion having one or more electrodes and a proximal portion coupled to the ICD, the distal portion of the pacing lead having a cylindrical shape along a length of the distal portion to be implanted at least partially along a posterior side of a sternum within an anterior mediastinum of the patient such that the one or more electrodes is physically isolated from a pericardium of the patient, the ICD being configured to deliver pacing pulses to a ventricle of the heart of the patient via at least a first electrode of the one or more electrodes and deliver pacing pulses to an atrium of the heart of the patient via at least a second electrode of the one or more electrodes of the pacing lead, the first electrode being different than the second electrode, with the distal portion of the pacing lead implanted at least partially along the posterior side of the sternum within an anterior mediastinum of the patient such that the one or more electrodes are physically isolated from the pericardium of the patient,
wherein the defibrillation lead comprises a second elongated body separate from the first elongated body.