Patent ID: 7043299

Claim:
An implantable cardioverter-defibrillator comprising: a means for housing cardioversion-defibrillation circuitry, wherein the means for housing includes a first surface and a second surface and a left and a right overhang portion connected to the first surface, and at least a portion of the means for housing is electrically insulated; wherein the cardioversion-defibrillation circuitry can provide an anti-arrhythmia waveform; an electrically conductive surface disposed upon a portion of the means for housing, wherein the electrically conductive surface couples to the cardioversion-defibrillation circuitry; and a lead assembly adjustably disposed on and electrically coupled to the first surface of the means for housing, wherein the first surface of the means for housing and the lead assembly are configured such that the position of the lead assembly can vary along substantially all of the first surface of the means for housing between the left and the right overhang portions.