Patent ID: 8123716
Filing Date: 2012-02-28
Classification: A61M,A61N

Abstract:
1. An implantable cardiac therapeutic device comprising: a lead configured for at least partial placement in a pericardial space; at least one implantable sensor on the lead and arranged to sense at least one physiologic characteristic of a patient; an implantable therapeutic agent delivery assembly entirely on the lead, the delivery assembly including a structure for holding a therapeutic agent for subsequent delivery, an agent delivery dispenser coupled to the structure by a conduit and configured to deliver the agent to a target tissue, and a pressure source configured to provide pressure to the structure to induce flow of the agent from the structure to the agent delivery dispenser, wherein at least a portion of the delivery assembly is configured for placement in the pericardial space and the agent is entirely contained within the structure that is entirely on the lead; and an implantable controller configured to be connected with the lead so as to be in electrical communication with the at least one implantable sensor and with the therapeutic agent delivery assembly wherein the controller evaluates the at least one physiologic characteristic for indications of a condition indicating administration of the therapeutic agent and wherein, upon detection of such indications, induces the therapeutic agent delivery assembly to deliver the agent.