Surgery: light – thermal – and electrical application – Light – thermal – and electrical application – Electrical therapeutic systems
Patent
1995-01-19
1998-07-21
Getzow, Scott M.
Surgery: light, thermal, and electrical application
Light, thermal, and electrical application
Electrical therapeutic systems
A61N 137
Patent
active
057828903
ABSTRACT:
A cardiac pacemaker with an analog telemetry system. A calibration circuit within the pacemaker is adapted to provide a reference signal of known character to the pacemaker's telemetry system. The reference signal is transmitted across the telemetry link as if it were an actual cardiac signal, and received by an external programmer. Since the reference signal has known, predetermined qualities, the programmer can automatically calibrate and scale the telemetry signal from the pacemaker, thereby increasing the accuracy of the telemetry channel. The increased accuracy is particular useful in assessing rejection of a transplanted heart, which is known to be associated with a 15% decline in the peak R-wave amplitude of the cardiac signal.
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Mulier Peter M. J.
Thompson David L.
Wahlstrand John D.
Atlass Michael B.
Getzow Scott M.
Medtronic Inc.
Patton Harold R.
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