Patent ID: 8160699

Claim:
A method of implanting a defibrillator, comprising: making an incision at approximately the 5th-6th intercostal spaces on the left side of a patient's torso; tunneling beneath the skin from the incision to a left parasternal location to create a tunneled subcutaneous space; and implanting an elongated housing having a first end with a first electrode and a second end with a second electrode, the housing defining first and second curvatures, with a first generally planar curvature near the first end and a second non-planar curvature near the second end such that the housing generally conforms to the shape of the patient's ribcage, through the incision into the tunneled subcutaneous space so that the first end of the housing is at the left parasternal location and the second end of the housing reaches a region beneath the left arm of the patient.