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8185195 |
Arrhythmia classification and therapy selection
Different types of cardiac arrhythmia are classified based on the morphology of the arrhythmic beats. Cardiac beats associated with an arrhythmic episode are compared to a plurality of...
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8180457 |
System for cardiac resuscitation
System and method for monitoring and controlling, defibrillation and pacing which allows a victim of a cardiac rhythm abnormality immediate access to a medical professional at a central station,...
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8175701 |
System and method for testing neural stimulation threshold
Various system embodiments comprise a neural stimulator, a premature ventricular contraction (PVC) event detector, a heart rate detector, an analyzer, and a controller. The neural stimulator is...
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8170663 |
Method and apparatus to control delivery of high-voltage and anti-tachy pacing therapy in an implantable medical device
A system and method for delivering both anti-tachy pacing (ATP) therapy and high-voltage shock therapy in response to detection of abnormal cardiac rhythms is disclosed. The system controls the...
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8170662 |
Method and apparatus for charging partitioned capacitors
One aspect of this disclosure relates to an apparatus for providing a selective capacitance. An embodiment of the apparatus includes a first and second capacitor in a stack, and a switching circuit...
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8165673 |
Devices, systems and methods for characterization of ventricular fibrillation and for treatment of ventricular fibrillation
A defibrillation system for use in treatment of ventricular fibrillation includes at least one sensor to measure heart rhythm; at least one applicator to apply a defibrillation pulse to a patient;...
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8165671 |
Automatic therapy advisor
A method of automatically determining which type of treatment is most appropriate for (or the physiological state of) a patient. The method comprises transforming one or more time domain...
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8160698 |
CPR sensitive ECG analysis in an automatic external defibrillator
An automatic external defibrillator including: a sensor for detecting when a rescuer is delivering a CPR chest compression to the patient; electrodes for application to the thorax of the patient...
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8155740 |
Constant current pacing apparatus and pacing method
A constant current pacing apparatus and method for pacing uses, for example, H-bridge circuitry and a constant current source connected to the H-bridge circuitry.
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8150509 |
Systems and methods for drug therapy enhancement using expected pharmacodynamic models
A system or method including a device configured to measure at least one pharmacological effect of a drug on a patient. The measured pharmacological effect is compared to an expected...
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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...
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8133860 |
Facilitation of resuscitation from cardiac arrest by erythropoietin
The present invention relates generally to the use of erythropoietin (EPO) to facilitate resuscitation from cardiac arrest. For a mammalian subject suffering from cardiac arrest, concurrent...
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8135459 |
Unitary subcutaneous only implantable cardioverter-defibrillator and optional pacer
A unitary subcutaneous implantable cardioverter-defibrillator which has a long thin housing in the shape of a patient's rib. The housing contains a source of electrical energy, a capacitor, and...
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8131361 |
System and method for setting atrioventricular pacing delays based on far-field atrial signals
An intrinsic inter-atrial conduction delay is determined by a pacemaker or implantable cardioverter-defibrillator based, at least in part, on far-field atrial events sensed using ventricular...
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8131359 |
System and method to deliver therapy in presence of another therapy
Various aspects relate to a method. In various embodiments, a therapy of a first therapy type is delivered, and it is identified whether a therapy of a second therapy type is present to affect the...
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8131360 |
Method and apparatus for anti-tachycardia pacing and defibrillation
An implantable cardioverter/defibrillator (ICD) includes an Anti-Tachycardia Pacing Before Charge (ATP-BC) mode according to which one or more high-voltage capacitors for storing defibrillation...
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8123668 |
Signal transmitting and lesion excluding heart implants for pacing defibrillating and/or sensing of heart beat
Devices, systems, and methods for treating a heart of a patient may make use of structures which limit a size of a chamber of the heart, such as by deploying a tensile member to bring a wall of the...
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8121680 |
Subcutaneous cardiac stimulation device providing anti-tachycardia pacing therapy and method
An implantable subcutaneous cardiac device includes at least two subcutaneous electrodes adapted for placement external to a heart beneath the skin of a patient. The device further includes an...
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8096962 |
Method of determining depth of chest compressions during CPR
A method of processing a raw acceleration signal, measured by an accelerometer-based compression monitor, to produce an accurate and precise estimated actual depth of chest compressions. The raw...
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8096954 |
Adaptive sampling of heart sounds
A system and method to sense heart sounds with one or more implantable medical devices according to one or more parameters. The system alters one or more of the parameters as a function of one or...
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8099164 |
Selectively implementable digital signal processing circuit for an implantable medical device
Embodiments of the invention include an implantable medical device having a digital signal processing circuit associated with an implantable medical device function. The digital signal processing...
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8095215 |
Multipolar guide wire and electrode line
Electrode arrangement for an electrical stimulation device, having electrode line (10) with electrical connection at proximal end of electrode line and with plurality of conductive surface areas...
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8086310 |
Power supply monitoring for an implantable device
A method and an apparatus for projecting an end of service (EOS) and/or an elective replacement indication (ERI) of a component in an implantable device and for determining an impedance experienced...
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8078279 |
Intravascular medical device
An implantable medical device is configured so that all of the major components including a housing and attached leads are disposed within the vasculature of a patient. A tether extends from the...
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8077944 |
Method, device, and computer programme for evaluating images of a cavity
The invention relates to a device, a method and a computer program for evaluating images of the heart that have been captured by means of a medical imaging method. According to said method, at...
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8073536 |
Method and apparatus for post-processing of episodes detected by a medical device
A method and system for determining undersensing during post-processing of sensing data generated by a medical device that includes transmitting a plurality of stored sensing data generated by the...
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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...
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8046061 |
System and method for preventing recurrence of atrial tachyarrhythmia
A system and method for providing pacing pulses after a cardioversion/defibrillation shock, where the pacing pulses have a pacing rate at an initial value. The pacing rate is decreased from the...
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8046062 |
Post-shock management of implantable cardiac device features
Systems and methods of managing features or functions of an implantable cardiac device involve forming a baseline evoked response template prior to delivery of defibrillation therapy to a patient's...
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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...
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8038617 |
Mobile defibrillator
The invention relates to a mobile defibrillator which has a housing. In order to improve the diagnostic reliability, particularly in the case of irregular heart rhythms and myocardial infarctions,...
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8041423 |
System and method for testing neural stimulation threshold
Various system embodiments comprise a neural stimulator, a premature ventricular contraction (PVC) event detector, a heart rate detector, an analyzer, and a controller. The neural stimulator is...
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8036742 |
Apparatus and methods for fibrillation and defibrillation
The invention is directed to techniques for attempting to restore a patient to a normal sinus rhythm. In a patient experiencing asystole or pulseless electrical activity, defibrillation therapy may...
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8036744 |
Cardiac rhythm management system with defibrillation threshold prediction
A cardiac rhythm management device predicts defibrillation thresholds without any need to apply defibrillation shocks or subjecting the patient to fibrillation. Intravascular defibrillation...
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8032227 |
Method for controlling telemetry in an implantable medical device based on power source capacity
An implantable microstimulator configured for implantation beneath a patient's skin for tissue stimulation to prevent and/or treat various disorders, uses a self-contained power source. Periodic or...
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8024031 |
Device, method and computer-readable storage medium for classifying atrial tachyarrhythmia
Device for classifying tachyarrhythmia that obtains pre-defined values, monitors atrial intervals and compares lengths of each interval with pre-defined value IL, stores length of atrial interval...
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8019415 |
Cardiac stimulator with stimulation success monitoring
An implantable cardiac stimulator having an at least partially electrically conductive housing, a ventricular stimulation unit connectable to left ventricular or right ventricular stimulation...
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8010190 |
CPR feedback method and apparatus
The present invention comprises a cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) feedback device and a method for performing CPR. A chest compression detector device is provided that measures chest...
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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...
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8005542 |
Therapeutic maintenance of atrial fibrillation by electrical stimulation
Apparatus for treating a subject suffering from spontaneous atrial fibrillation includes an electrode device, adapted to be coupled to a vagus nerve of the subject, and a control unit, adapted to...
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8000788 |
Implantable medical device for treating neurological conditions including ECG sensing
An implantable medical device such as an implantable pulse generator that includes EEG sensing for monitoring and treating neurological conditions, and leadless ECG sensing for monitoring cardiac...
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7996081 |
Resuscitation device with expert system
A resuscitation device for automatic compression of victim's chest using a compression belt which exerts force evenly over the entire thoracic cavity. The belt is constricted and relaxed through a...
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7996072 |
Positionally adaptable implantable cardiac device
Cardiac sensing and/or stimulation devices and methods that adapt to implant location and positioning, and may employ automated vector selection from multiple electrodes. Devices include a housing...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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7979120 |
Method and apparatus for solid state pulse therapy capacitor
One embodiment includes an apparatus that includes an implantable device housing, a capacitor disposed in the implantable device housing, the capacitor including a dielectric comprising CaCu3Ti4O12...
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7970463 |
Anti-tachyarrhythmia system with unified atrial tachyarrhythmia rate threshold
A cardiac rhythm management (CRM) system includes an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) and an external system. The ICD includes a plurality of functional modules performing...
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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...
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7962210 |
Implantable medical device with voice responding and recording capacity
An implantable medical device such as a cardiac pacemaker or implantable cardioverter/defibrillator with the capability of receiving communications in the form of speech spoken by the patient. An...
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