ACTIVE IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE FOR COMBINED TREATMENT OF CARDIAC RHYTHM AND OF RESPIRATORY RHYTHM

摘要

This device comprises an autonomous subcutaneous unit with a leak-tight body, incorporating a control circuit for the cardiac rhythm, a control circuit for the respiratory rhythm, and a combined operating circuit for operating the control circuits for cardiac rhythm and respiratory rhythm. It additionally comprises at least one cardiostimulation microprobe with at least one electrode implanted in or on the myocardium, and at least one neurostimulation microprobe with at least one electrode to be implanted on or near a nerve of the patient. The device overall is in the form of an autonomous hybrid capsule integrating, within one and the same assembly, the autonomous unit, the cardiostimulation probe and the neurostimulation probes, without an electrical connector between the electronic circuits and the microprobes, and each of the probes is a continuation of the leak-tight body of the autonomous unit at one side of the latter.