CPC A61B 90/39 (2016.02) [A61B 90/02 (2016.02); A61N 1/0504 (2013.01); A61N 1/0563 (2013.01); A61N 1/0587 (2013.01); A61N 1/362 (2013.01); A61N 1/3621 (2013.01); A61N 1/36521 (2013.01); A61N 1/36542 (2013.01); A61N 1/36557 (2013.01); A61N 1/3787 (2013.01); A61N 1/37217 (2013.01); A61N 1/37264 (2013.01); A61N 1/3956 (2013.01); A61B 2090/3966 (2016.02); A61B 2090/3983 (2016.02); A61N 1/059 (2013.01); A61N 1/3752 (2013.01)] | 8 Claims |
1. A method comprising:
inserting a lead for cardiac therapy into an intercostal space of a patient and proximate to a lateral margin of a patient's sternum, the lead having a distal end configured to transmit therapeutic electrical pulses from a pulse generator to a heart;
advancing a distal end of the lead through the intercostal space; and
coupling a proximal end of the lead to the pulse generator.
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