Sternal closure wire for sensing and therapeutic energy delivery

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8527069
APP PUB NO 20110282162A1
SERIAL NO

13104534

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An embodiment includes a sensor coupled to a sternal closure wire. The sternal closure wire holds two sternum portions of a patient adjacent to one another and the first sensor senses a biological signal of the patient. An embodiment includes a current source coupled to a sternal closure wire. The sternal closure wire holds two sternum portions of a patient adjacent to one another, and the current source delivers an electrical current to the patient via the sternal closure wire. Other embodiments are described herein.

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  • TEXAS HEART INSTITUTE

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Brewer, Alan Houston, US 1 1
Razavi, Mehdi Houston, US 40 680

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