Patent ID: 7890189
Filing Date: 2011-02-15
Classification: A61N,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A mono-body defibrillation probe, comprising a body having a distal extremity and a periphery area, a tubular flexible sheath core at said body distal extremity, and an internal lumen extending longitudinally along at least a length of said body, said body periphery area supporting at least one winding of wire forming a shock electrode for application of an energy of defibrillation or cardioversion, said winding of wire being electrically connected to an electrical connection conductor extending longitudinally in said internal lumen, wherein said sheath core extends axially without a solution of continuity in said periphery area supporting said winding and wherein said sheath core further comprises: a cavity in the vicinity of each extremity of the winding, and a narrower longitudinal slit connecting said cavities and radially extending from an external surface of said sheath core to said internal lumen, so as to allow, by elastic strain of the material of said sheath core on both sides of said slit, introduction into each of said cavities an insert made of a conducting material, of a size homologous with the size of each of said respective cavities, wherein each of said inserts has an interior side and exterior side, being electrically connected on said interior side with said electrical conductor and on said external side at the corresponding extremity of said winding.