US 11,752,352 B2
Temporary electrode connection for wireless pacing systems
David F. Moore, San Carlos, CA (US); Mark W. Cowan, San Jose, CA (US); and Nathaniel Parker Willis, Atherton, CA (US)
Assigned to EBR Systems, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Filed by EBR Systems, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Filed on May 20, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/879,530.
Application 16/879,530 is a division of application No. 15/878,237, filed on Jan. 23, 2018, granted, now 10,688,307.
Application 15/043,210 is a division of application No. 12/890,308, filed on Sep. 24, 2010, granted, now 9,283,392.
Application 15/878,237 is a continuation of application No. 15/043,210, filed on Feb. 12, 2016, granted, now 9,907,968.
Application 12/890,308 is a continuation of application No. PCT/US2009/037978, filed on Mar. 23, 2009.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/039,335, filed on Mar. 25, 2008.
Prior Publication US 2020/0276447 A1, Sep. 3, 2020
Int. Cl. A61N 1/378 (2006.01); A61N 1/372 (2006.01); A61N 1/375 (2006.01); A61N 1/362 (2006.01); A61B 5/283 (2021.01); A61N 1/37 (2006.01); A61B 17/34 (2006.01)
CPC A61N 1/3787 (2013.01) [A61B 5/283 (2021.01); A61N 1/362 (2013.01); A61N 1/3702 (2013.01); A61N 1/3756 (2013.01); A61N 1/37205 (2013.01); A61B 17/3468 (2013.01); A61N 1/37223 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of implanting a receiver-stimulator at a location of a heart of a patient, the method comprising:
advancing the receiver-stimulator to the location of the heart while the receiver-stimulator is connected to a delivery system;
delivering electrical energy to the location of the heart, via a first electrode and/or a second electrode of the receiver stimulator, while the delivery system is electrically connected between (a) a contact of the receiver-stimulator that is electrically connected to the first electrode and (b) an external electrical system configured to generate the electrical energy;
disconnecting the receiver-stimulator from the delivery system, wherein disconnecting the receiver-stimulator includes blocking a current path through the patient from the contact to the second electrode while maintaining a current path through the patient from the first electrode to the second electrode; and
after disconnecting the receiver-stimulator from the delivery system, wirelessly delivering energy to the receiver-stimulator, wherein the receiver-stimulator is configured to covert the energy to electrical energy and deliver the electrical energy to the location of the heart via the first electrode and/or the second electrode.