Patent ID: 9108059
Filing Date: 2015-08-18
Classification: A61N

Abstract:
1. A method for stimulating a left phrenic nerve and a right phrenic nerve of a patient, wherein a lead structure is in a venous system of the patient, the lead structure defining a longitudinal axis and having a plurality of leads, second pairs of electrodes positioned on the lead structure proximate a distal portion of the lead structure, and first pairs of electrodes positioned on the lead structure proximal of the second pairs of electrodes, the method comprising: selecting a first stimulation pair of electrodes from the first pairs of electrodes to stimulate the left phrenic nerve, the first stimulation pair including a first electrode and a second electrode best positioned, relative to other electrodes of the first pairs of electrodes, to stimulate the left phrenic nerve; and selecting a second stimulation pair of electrodes from the second pairs of electrodes to stimulate the right phrenic nerve, the second stimulation pair including a third electrode and a fourth electrode best positioned, relative to other electrodes of the second pairs of electrodes, to stimulate the right phrenic nerve, wherein an exposed portion of each of the first, second, third, and fourth electrodes extends around only a portion of a circumference of the lead structure.