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8185200 Disable for atrioventricular delay adjustment  
An apparatus comprises an electrical stimulation circuit, a ventricular sensing circuit, a ventricular sensing timer, and an atrial pacing timer. The ventricular sensing circuit detects an...
8180439 Ischemia detection using intra-cardiac signals  
An implanted cardiac rhythm management device is disclosed that is operative to detect myocardial ischemia. This is done by evaluating electrogram features to detect an electrocardiographic change;...
8175705 System and method for sustained baroreflex stimulation  
Various aspects of the present subject matter provide an implantable medical device. In various embodiments, the device comprises a baroreflex stimulator and a controller. The baroreflex stimulator...
8175702 Method for low-voltage termination of cardiac arrhythmias by effectively unpinning anatomical reentries  
A method for extinguishing a cardiac arrhythmia utilizes destructive interference of the passing of the reentry wave tip of an anatomical reentry through a depolarized region created by a...
8175706 Overlapping pacing and tachyarrhythmia detection zones  
An example implantable medical device (IMD), such as an implantable cardioverter defibrillator, may be configured to store a ventricular tachycardia zone, wherein the ventricular tachycardia zone...
8170668 Baroreflex sensitivity monitoring and trending for tachyarrhythmia detection and therapy  
A system comprising an implantable medical device (IMD) that includes a tachyarrhythmia detector, a baroreflex detector to obtain baroreflex information, and a processor in communication with the...
8165675 Systems and methods for use with an implantable medical device for discriminating VT and SVT based on ventricular depolarization event timing  
Techniques are described for discriminating ventricular tachycardia (VT) from supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) using an implantable medical device capable of multi-site ventricular sensing. In...
8150514 Spectral selection of operating mode in an implantable stimulator device  
A spectral fingerprint technique is disclosed that allows an ICD to eliminate unnecessary shocks to the heart.
8145301 Blending cardiac rhythm detection processes  
Systems and methods are described for classifying a cardiac rhythm. A cardiac rhythm is classified using a classification process that includes a plurality of cardiac rhythm discriminators. Each...
8140153 Cardiac tachyarrhythmia therapy selection based on patient response information  
Cardiac treatment methods and devices providing templates representative of past tachyarrhythmia events, each template associated with a therapy. A cardiac waveform is detected, and if it...
8126553 Sensing integrity determination based on cardiovascular pressure  
Electrical noise may be discriminated from sensed heart signals based on cardiovascular pressure. A plurality of detected cardiovascular pressure values are respectively associated with a plurality...
8116867 Methods and devices for tachyarrhythmia sensing and high-pass filter bypass  
The present invention, in illustrative embodiments, includes methods and devices for analyzing cardiac signals in an implantable cardiac stimulus system. Within the analysis, a threshold may be...
8103344 Method, device, implantable stimulator and dual chamber cardiac therapy system  
In a device and method in a dual chamber pacing system operating in an atrial synchronized mode, the cardiac stimulator is connectable to a lead arrangement arranged for sensing atrial electrical...
8073538 Treatment of cardiac arrhythmia by modification of neuronal signaling through fat pads of the heart  
To control cardiac arrhythmias such as atrial fibrillation post-operatively, various non-ablative agents include polymers, fibroblasts, neurotoxins, and growth factors are introduced into one or...
8073532 Method and apparatus for beat alignment and comparison  
Methods of using a template having a template data set and template parameters to provide improved alignment of captured cardiac signal data to a stored template. More particularly, in an...
8060197 Parasympathetic stimulation for termination of non-sinus atrial tachycardia  
Apparatus is provided, which includes an electrode device, configured to be coupled to an atrial site of a subject containing parasympathetic nervous tissue, and a control unit. The control unit is...
8060200 Self-adjusting optimal waveforms  
An exemplary method includes detecting fibrillation, measuring impedance of a defibrillation circuit that includes myocardial tissue, determining one or more defibrillation shock parameters based...
8055341 Backup pacing during tachycardia  
A tachycardia episode can be detected in a subject using a processor, and whether the tachycardia episode is a sustained tachycardia episode can be determined during a period of time. A backup...
8055340 Method and device for comprehensive anti-tachyarrhythmia therapy  
A method and apparatus for delivering therapy to treat ventricular tachyarrhythmias is described. In one embodiment, neural stimulation, anti-tachycardia pacing, and shock therapy are employed in a...
8052676 Surgical methods and apparatus for stimulating tissue  
Surgical systems, devices and methods including one or more tissue stimulation elements that, in some instances, may also be used for sensing purposes. Some of the surgical devices also include a...
8050758 Method and apparatus for selecting and timing anti-tachyarrhythmia pacing using cardiac cycle length stability  
An implantable medical device delivers anti-tachyarrhythmia therapies including anti-tachyarrhythmia pacing (ATP). When a tachyarrhythmia episode is detected, the implantable medical device...
8050764 Cross-checking of transthoracic impedance and acceleration signals  
A first chamber minute ventilation rate is determined based on a first transthoracic impedance signal received from a first chamber of a heart and a second chamber minute ventilation rate is...
8046063 Implantable medical device with adaptive operation  
An implantable medical device operates with an algorithm that promotes intrinsic conduction and reduces ventricular pacing. The IMD monitors the occurrence of necessary ventricular pacing and takes...
8046067 Methods and apparatus for detecting ventricular depolarizations during atrial pacing  
AV synchronous, dual chamber pacing systems are disclosed having improved sensing of ectopic ventricular depolarizations or PVCs coincidentally occurring at or shortly following delivery of an...
8046065 Fusion pacing enhancements  
The disclosure provides methods and apparatus of left ventricular pacing including automated adjustment of a atrio-ventricular (AV) pacing delay interval and intrinsic AV nodal conduction testing....
8046064 Method of delivering PESP/ICC as well as adjusting the refractory period of the heart  
Medical devices and methods are used to treat cardiac dysfunction conditions which involve delivery of stimulation pulses in cardiac refractory periods in order to modulate an effective refractory...
8046068 Apparatus and method for treating ventricular tachyarrhythmias  
A system and method for selectively treating a ventricular tachycardia based on sensed atrial and ventricular intervals from the patient's heart. A detection window of the ten most recent atrial...
8041425 Atrial tachyarrhythmia detection using selected atrial intervals  
Methods and systems are directed to detecting atrial tachyarrhythmia. A plurality of A-A intervals is detected. The detected A-A intervals are selected and used to detect atrial tachyarrhythmia....
8036746 Temporary disablement feature for implantable device with anti-tachyarrhythmia functions  
An implantable cardiac rhythm management device for delivering anti-tachyarrhythmia therapy is provided with a temporary disablement feature so that the delivery of anti-tachyarrhythmia therapy may...
8032217 Zoneless tachyarrhythmia detection with real-time rhythm monitoring  
A method of using an implantable medical device (IMD) to monitor a ventricular contraction rate of a subject, monitor an atrial contraction rate of the subject, declare tachyarrhythmia if the...
8027722 Multifocal PVC detection for prevention of arrhythmias  
Multifocal PVCs are detected and prevented. If the PVCs being detected have variable coupling intervals and significantly different morphologies, they are deemed multifocal and a prevention therapy...
8019417 PAC therapy  
An implantable cardiac device is programmed to detect and classify premature atrial contractions (PACs) and administer responsive pacing therapy. The responsive pacing therapy is in the form of an...
8010193 Device and method to discriminate between supraventricular tachycardias and ventricular arrhythmias  
This invention provides a method to discriminate between ventricular arrhythmia and supraventricular tachycardia by detecting an earliest arriving electrical signal following antitachycardia...
8010194 Determining site-to-site pacing delay for multi-site anti-tachycardia pacing  
An exemplary method includes delivering a pace using an electrode positioned on the lateral wall of the left ventricle of a heart, sensing the pace using an electrode positioned in the right...
8005545 Parasympathetic stimulation for prevention and treatment of atrial fibrillation  
A method is provided, including identifying that a subject is at risk of suffering from atrial fibrillation (AF). Responsively to the identifying, a risk of an occurrence of an episode of the AF is...
7991470 Post-shock recovery monitoring for tachyarrhythmia discrimination  
A cardiac rhythm management device is configured to discriminate between ventricular and supraventricular tachycardias (referred to as SVT/VT discrimination) by utilizing a morphology criterion in...
7991467 Remotely enabled pacemaker and implantable subcutaneous cardioverter/defibrillator system  
Subcutaneous Implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (SubQ ICDs) are disclosed that are entirely implantable subcutaneously with minimal surgical intrusion into the body of the patient and provide...
7991469 Pacing therapy for extending atrial refractory period  
A device and method are presented for prolonging the atrial effective refractory period with pacing therapy. Such refractory period prolongation renders the atrial tissue less susceptible to the...
7983752 Antitachycardiac stimulator  
Implantable cardiac stimulator, with chamber stimulation unit connectable to left/right ventricular stimulation electrode to generate/deliver chamber stimulation pulses for stimulation of...
7979122 Implantable sudden cardiac death prevention device with reduced programmable feature set  
Preventing sudden cardiac death involves providing an implantable device configured to deliver only two forms of cardiac therapy, the two forms of cardiac therapy including an anti-tachyarrhythmia...
7974690 Lead integrity testing during suspected tachyarrhythmias  
Techniques for performing a lead integrity test during a suspected tachyarrhythmia are described. An implantable medical device (IMD) may perform the test prior to delivering a therapeutic shock to...
7970464 Method and system for responding to non-perfusing and non-shockable heart rhythms  
A system and method are disclosed for prompting emergency medical personnel who are attending to a patient. When the patient presents a heart rhythm that is a non-perfusing and non-shockable rhythm...
7970468 Method for programming arrhythmia discrimination algorithms in ICDs  
Embodiments of the present invention are for use with implantable cardiac devices that have discriminator parameters that the devices use to discriminate between ventricular tachycardia (VT) and...
7957803 Atrial capture verification  
Methods and systems for classifying cardiac responses to pacing stimulation and/or preventing retrograde cardiac conduction are described. Following delivery of a pacing pulse to an atrium of the...
7953482 Delivery of CRT therapy during AT/AF termination  
In some embodiments, a method for operating a cardiac rhythm management device may include one or more of the following steps: (a) sensing atrial depolarizations through an implanted atrial...
7953481 Anti-arrhythmic device and a method of delivering anti-arrhythmic cardiac therapy  
A cardiac contractility modulating (CCM) device (30) includes an anti-arrhythmic therapy unit (38) for detecting a cardiac arrhythmia in a heart (2) of a patient based on processing electrical...
7941208 Therapy delivery for identified tachyarrhythmia episode types  
Methods and systems for identifying tachyarrhythmia episode types and delivering therapy to mitigate the identified tachyarrhythmia episode types are described. Electrogram signals of cardiac...
7933650 Method and apparatus for selecting and timing anti-tachyarrhythmia pacing using cardiac signal morphology  
A cardiac rhythm management (CRM) system includes an implantable medical device that delivers anti-tachyarrhythmia therapies including ATP. When a tachyarrhythmia episode is detected, the...
7930017 Method and system for trending variation in coronary burden across multiple heart rate ranges  
A method and system are provided for trending variation in coronary burden across multiple heart rate ranges. The method and system include obtaining cardiac signals having a segment of interest...
7917216 Multi-site pacing for atrial tachyarrhythmias  
Tachyarrhythmia is treated by applying anti-tachycardia pacing through at least one multi-site electrode set located on, in or around the heart. The electrode set is arranged and located such that...