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7142911 |
Method and apparatus for monitoring drug effects on cardiac electrical signals using an implantable cardiac stimulation device
An implantable cardiac stimulation device, such as a pacemaker or Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator, is configured to automatically monitor the effects of antiarrhythmic drugs on cardiac...
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7142910 |
Methods of indirectly stimulating the vagus nerve with an electrical field
Controlled cessation of heart beat during coronary bypass surgery and other cardiac surgeries on a beating heart improves surgical technique, and is achieved typically by electrical stimulation of...
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7142916 |
Cardiac pacing modality having improved blanking, timing, and therapy delivery methods for extra-systolic stimulation pacing therapy
The present invention relates to the secure delivery of an extra-systolic stimulation (ESS) therapy to treat cardiac dysfunction that employs atrial and/or ventricular extra-systoles via...
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7142918 |
Apparatus and method for pacing mode switching during atrial tachyarrhythmias
A method for operating a cardiac pacemaker in which the mode of operation of the pacemaker is altered in response to detecting an episode of atrial tachycardia. In accordance with the invention,...
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7139604 |
Cardiac stimulation system and method for discriminating sinus from non-sinus events
A cardiac stimulation device and method discriminates sinus events from non-sinus events and provide a uniquely prescribed response upon detection of a specific event.
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7139607 |
Arrhythmia discrimination
Various exemplary methods include altering conduction and/or operation of the AV node and/or AV bundle to help classify arrhythmias.
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7136703 |
Programmer and surface ECG system with wireless communication
A programmer for implantable stimulation devices and surface ECG system in wireless communication with each other. A self-powered ECG monitor with conventional surface electrodes transceives...
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7136702 |
Method and apparatus for delivering multi-directional defibrillation waveforms
A method and apparatus for delivering a pulse waveform to a target site of a patient that includes an energy storage device storing electrical energy and control circuitry, coupled to the energy...
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7133718 |
Method and apparatus for temporarily varying a parameter in an implantable medical device
A method and apparatus for varying a parameter in an implantable medical device that includes a plurality of electrodes stimulating heart tissue and sensing cardiac signals, a timing and control...
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7130683 |
Preferred ADI/R: a permanent pacing mode to eliminate ventricular pacing while maintaining back support
A preferred atrial-based pacing method and apparatus is provided using an intelligent cardiac pacing system to having the ability to continue atrial-based pacing as long as relatively reliable AV...
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7130690 |
Atrial capture management during atrial and ventricular pacing
In an atrial pacing system, the A-PACE pulse energy, defined by the pulse width and pulse amplitude, sufficient to reliably capture the atrium without being wasteful of battery energy is...
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7130688 |
Pace counter isolation for cardiac resynchronization pacing
A system and method recording sensing and pacing events in a cardiac rhythm management device. The method may be particularly useful in assessment of pacing parameters for ventricular...
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7130684 |
Method and apparatus for improving ventricular status using the force interval relationship
Methods and devices for improving ventricular contractile status of a patient suitably exploit changes in ventricular pressure and/or dP/dt max to provide and/or optimize a response to a patient....
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7130687 |
Implantable medical device and method for delivering therapy for sleep-disordered breathing
An implantable medical device delivers augmentation therapy to intervene in a pattern of sleep-disordered breathing. Augmentation therapy includes the delivery of electrical stimulation to cardiac...
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7130682 |
Pacing and sensing vectors
A method for allowing cardiac signals to be sensed and pacing pulse vectors to be delivered between two or more electrodes. In one embodiment, cardiac signals are sensed and pacing pulse vectors...
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7130685 |
Method to prevent pacemaker induced non-reentrant VA synchrony using adaptive atrial pacing output
The present invention is directed to the problem of preventing episodes of “AV Desynchronization Arrhythmia” (AVDA), a dual-chamber pacing behavior that is initiated by a PVC or other...
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7127289 |
Cardiac resynchronization system employing mechanical measurement of cardiac walls
Methods and devices are disclosed for employing mechanical measurements to synchronize contractions of ventricular wall locations. Accelerometers that may be placed within electrode leads are...
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7123960 |
Method and system for delivering cardiac resynchronization therapy with variable atrio-ventricular delay
A method is presented by which an implantable cardiac rhythm management device may vary the atrio-ventricular delay or AVD interval used for delivering cardiac resynchronization therapy in an...
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7123959 |
Method and apparatus for preventing cardiac arrhythmias with endovascular stimulation
Certain cardiac arrhythmias can be prevented by appropriate electrical stimulation of autonomic nerves innervating the heart. An implantable cardiac rhythm management device is configured to...
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7123961 |
Stimulation of autonomic nerves
An exemplary method for stimulating an autonomic nerve that includes delivering power to, for example, an electrode at a set power level, determining whether the delivering achieved an autonomic...
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7120494 |
System and method for eliminating cross-talk due to far-field signals
A method and system for reducing the effects of far-field signals in a cardiac rhythm management device. Such far-field signals can be produced by contralateral ventricular depolarization and can...
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7113822 |
System and method for providing cardioversion therapy and overdrive pacing using an implantable cardiac stimulation device
Techniques are provided for coordinating the delivery of cardioversion therapy and overdrive pacing therapy to the heart of a patient, primarily to prevent the re-occurrence of atrial fibrillation...
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7113827 |
Determining the presence and type of probe associated with an active implantable medical device, in particular a cardiac pacemaker
Determining the presence and type of a probe associated with an active implantatable medical device, in particular a cardiac pacemaker and devices having similar pacemaker functionality. This...
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7113823 |
Morphology-based optimization of cardiac resynchronization therapy
A method and apparatus for delivering cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) in which an evoked response electrogram is recorded during one or more cardiac cycles and used to aid in the selection...
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7110814 |
Hardware/software lock for secure linkage between algorithmic decision process and critical system function execution
An improved protection mechanism to protect from unintended execution of critical tasks operates, in one example embodiment, by receiving a request to start a task by a first process. The first...
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7110813 |
Activation of fibrillation and tachycardia functions
An implantable medical device may be programmed by a programmer to apply a variety of ventricular fibrillation (VF) and ventricular tachycardia (VT) therapies, such as antitachycardia pacing (ATP)...
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7107098 |
Method and apparatus for generation and selection of tachycardia therapy hierarchy
A method and apparatus for generating and selecting therapies, or hierarchies of therapies, that may be used to treat episodes of atrial or ventricular tachycardia. A characteristic of a detected...
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7103412 |
Implantable cardiac stimulation device and method for detecting asymptomatic diabetes
An implantable cardiac stimulation device for determining whether a patient has asymptomatic diabetes. A pulse generator delivers pacing pulses to the heart. A sensing circuit senses internal...
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7103410 |
Apparatus and method for reversal of myocardial remodeling with electrical stimulation
An apparatus and method for reversing ventricular remodeling with electro-stimulatory therapy. A ventricle is paced by delivering one or more stimulatory pulses in a manner such that a stressed...
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7103411 |
Methods and apparatus for preventing atrial arrhythmias by overdrive pacing multiple heart tissue sites using an implantable cardiac stimulation device
Techniques are described for pacing multiple sites in a patient's heart using overdrive pacing the heart using a pacemaker including techniques where the overdrive pacing rate only increases when...
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7096066 |
Methods, systems and devices for optimizing cardiac pacing parameters
Cardiac performance associated with a current set of N pacing parameters is improved by adjusting the cardiac pacing parameters until optimal or substantially optimal cardiac performance is...
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7096064 |
Implantable medical device for treating cardiac mechanical dysfunction by electrical stimulation
The disclosure provides methods and apparatus of particular benefit for patients suffering heart failure including cardiac dysfunction, chronic HF, and the like and all variants thereof. According...
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7092755 |
System and method of cardiac pacing during sleep apnea
An exemplary method for treating sleep apnea is described that includes determining parameters for a cardiac pacing pulse based, at least in part, on information characteristic of sleep apnea,...
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7092754 |
Monophasic waveform for anti-bradycardia pacing for a subcutaneous implantable cardioverter-defibrillator
A power supply for an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator for subcutaneous positioning between the third rib and the twelfth rib and using a lead system that does not directly contact a...
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7091875 |
Wearable remote control
According to embodiments of the present invention, a wearable remote control for controlling one or more devices comprises a mounting base coupled with a garment. A retainer base is coupled with...
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7085602 |
Implantable bi-ventricular stimulation device and system, and bi-ventricular stimulation and sensing method
An implantable bi-ventricular heart stimulating device ( 10 ) has a control circuit with first and second sensing circuits for respectively sensing in the two ventricles and first and second...
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7082329 |
Method and monitor for monitoring diastolic relaxation of a heart ventricle
In a monitor for monitoring diastolic relaxation of a ventricle of a heart, an impedance signal is measured in a ventricle of the heart and the occurrence of a notch in the impedance signal...
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7082328 |
Methods and apparatus for controlling a pacing system in the presence of EMI
Pacing systems are disclosed including detectors for detecting the presence of electromagnetic interference and setting an interference state pacing mode and pacing rate. The interference state...
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7082330 |
Implantable medical device employing sonomicrometer output signals for detection and measurement of cardiac mechanical function
Implantable medical devices (IMDs) for detection and measurement of cardiac mechanical and electrical function employ a system and method for determining mechanical heart function and measuring...
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7079895 |
Cardiac pacing for optimal intra-left ventricular resynchronization
Cardiac pacing to treat ventricle dysynchrony for improved cardiac function is performed as follows. Early paced inter-ventricular asynchrony is determined during ventricular pacing. Baseline...
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7079891 |
System and method for providing cardioversion therapy and overdrive pacing using an implantable cardiac stimulation device
Techniques are provided for coordinating the delivery of cardioversion therapy and overdrive pacing therapy to the heart of a patient, primarily to prevent the re-occurrence of atrial fibrillation...
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7076296 |
Method of supplying energy to subcutaneous cardioverter-defibrillator and pacer
A power supply for an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator for subcutaneous positioning between the third rib and the twelfth rib and for providing cardioversion/defibrillation energy to the...
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7076298 |
Method and apparatus for prevention of arrhythmia clusters using overdrive pacing
An implantable medical device that includes a microprocessor that characterizes cardiac activity of a patient to enable the implantable medical device to deliver therapy in response to an...
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7076297 |
Active implantable device medical such as pacemaker, defibrillator and/or cardiovertor of the AAI or AAI/DDD type
An active implantable medical device, such as a pacemaker, defibrillator and/or cardiovertor having an AAI and/or an AAI/DDD operating mode. This device detects atrial and ventricular events and...
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7076301 |
Implantable cardiac stimulation device that minimizes parasitic muscle stimulation and method
An implantable cardiac stimulation device provides capture of a chamber of a heart with pacing pulses while minimizing parasitic muscle tissue stimulation. A parasitic muscle stimulation detector...
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7069076 |
Multi-chamber pacing system
A multi-chamber pacing system has a pulse generator for successively delivering pacing pulses to chambers of a patient's heart, and IEGM signal detectors, having blanking intervals following the...
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7069078 |
Insulin-mediated glucose uptake monitor
An implanted medical device may detect the onset of impaired glucose tolerance or Type II diabetes. The implanted medical device may have additional functionality. For example, the implanted...
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7065405 |
Stress reduction pacing mode for arrhythmia prevention
An apparatus and method preventing cardiac arrhythmias with pacing therapy is disclosed. Upon detection of a pre-arrhythmic condition, an implantable cardiac rhythm management device is configured...
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7065404 |
Rate-adaptive cardiac pacemaker
A rate-adaptive cardiac pacemaker has a detection unit 1 , an event-determining unit 2 , a stimulation control unit 3 and a stimulation unit 11 , wherein the event-determining unit 2 is...
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7062322 |
Rhythm-based transition to discriminatory arrhythmia classification
In a medical device that monitors and/or treats ventricular arrhythmia, the invention provides for a “normal” processing mode of operation and a “guarded” processing mode of operation. The...
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