US Patent 6889093 Electrode lead with multiple branches

An electrode arrangement, in particular for the intracardial discharge of defibrillation pulses in the atrium of a heart, comprising an electrode line which in the region of its distal end has a plurality of electrically conductive surface portions as electrodes which can be electrically connected by way of the electrode line to an electrical pulsedischarging device such as defibrillator, wherein the electrode line is adapted to be split in the electrode-bearing region of its distal end into at least two respectively electrode-bearing branches.