Exposed Subcutaneous Implantable Devices

Exposed Subcutaneous Implantable Devices: An Operative Protocol for Management and Salvage

BACKGROUND Implantable venous and electrical devices are prone to exposure and infection. Indications for management are controversial, but-especially if infected-exposed devices are often removed and an additional operation is needed to replace the device, causing a delay in chemotherapy and prolonging healing time. We present our protocol for device salvage, on which limited literature is ava...

Subcutaneous implantable cardioverter-defibrillator.

or nearly 3 decades, the implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) has been available to patients who survived life-threatening rapid heart rhythms or are at risk of experiencing them. The ICD comprises a device generator coupled with a defibrillation lead. Traditional ICDs are implanted under the skin with the generator positioned beneath the collar bone. The defibrilla-tion lead is inserte...

Subcutaneous implantable cardioverter defibrillator.

Implantable Cardiac Devices

Electrical cardiac pacing for the management of bradyarrhythmias was first described in 1952, and permanent transvenous pacing devices were introduced into clinical practice in the early 1960s. The first devices for endocardial defibrillation were implanted in surviving victims of sudden cardiac death in 1980. Implanted electrical devices for the management of cardiac dysrhythmias have changed ...

Implantable CMOS Biomedical Devices

The results of recent research on our implantable CMOS biomedical devices are reviewed. Topics include retinal prosthesis devices and deep-brain implantation devices for small animals. Fundamental device structures and characteristics as well as in vivo experiments are presented.