Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and apparatus for concurrent atrio-ventricular anti-tachycardia pacing
- Patent Title (中): 并发房室性心动过速起搏方法及装置
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Application No.: US12234840Application Date: 2008-09-22
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Publication No.: US08170669B2Publication Date: 2012-05-01
- Inventor: Dan Li , Jaeho Kim , Joseph M. Bocek
- Applicant: Dan Li , Jaeho Kim , Joseph M. Bocek
- Applicant Address: US MN St. Paul
- Assignee: Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US MN St. Paul
- Agency: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.
- Main IPC: A61N1/365
- IPC: A61N1/365

Abstract:
An implantable medical device delivers anti-tachyarrhythmia therapies including anti-tachycardia pacing (ATP). If a detected tachyarrhythmia is classified as a type suitable for treatment using ATP, the implantable medical device selects one of an atrial ATP (A-ATP) mode, a ventricular ATP (V-ATP) mode, and a concurrent atrio-ventricular ATP (concurrent AV-ATP) mode according to the characteristics of the detected tachyarrhythmia. The concurrent ATP mode is an ATP mode during which the atrial pacing pulses and the ventricular pacing pulses are delivered concurrently. In one embodiment, the concurrent AV-ATP mode includes a synchronized atrio-ventricular ATP (synchronized AV-ATP) mode during which atrial and ventricular pacing pulses are delivered synchronously and an independent atrio-ventricular ATP (independent AV-ATP) mode during which atrial and ventricular pacing pulses are delivered concurrently but timed independently.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090099616A1 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONCURRENT ATRIO-VENTRICULAR ANTI-TACHYCARDIA PACING Public/Granted day:2009-04-16
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