Patent ID: 6636770
Filing Date: 2003-10-21
Classification: A61N

Abstract:
A single-path lead for an active implantable medical device of the defibrillator/cardiovertor type, having a body comprising:a first atrial electrode and a second atrial electrode for sensing an atrial cardiac signal; a first ventricular electrode and a second ventricular electrode for sensing a ventricular cardiac signal, one of said first and second ventricular electrodes further comprising an electrode for applying a defibrillation or cardioversion energy shock; a supra-ventricular electrode for applying said defibrillation or cardioversion energy shock; an electric connection between one of said first and second atrial electrodes and the supra-ventricular electrode, said atrial cardiac signal being sensed by the lead between, on the one hand, the supra-ventricular electrode and one of the first and second atrial electrodes connected to it, and, on the second hand, the other of the first and second atrial electrodes.