Patent ID: 8630710
Filing Date: 2014-01-14
Classification: A61N

Abstract:
1. An implantable medical device for delivering electrical cardiac therapy, comprising: a first implantable housing containing a battery; a second implantable housing separate from the first implantable housing and containing electronic circuitry adapted to evaluate and initiate electrical cardiac therapy, the electronic circuitry including at least one control circuit, and at least one of: a storage capacitor and an electrode structure comprising a sensing electrode, a pacing electrode and a therapy electrode, wherein the electronic circuitry, the storage capacitor or the electrode structure is electrically connected to the battery; and wherein the second implantable housing has a predefined curve that complies with one or more portions of the contours of a human heart, wherein the second implantable housing is flexible and configured to deform with the movement of the heart while not interfering with proper heart function, and wherein the second implantable housing is adapted and configured to lie within the pericardial space of the human heart, and wherein the second housing has a stowed condition for delivery to an implantation location and a deployed condition for operation in an implantation location.