Surgery: light – thermal – and electrical application – Light – thermal – and electrical application – Electrical therapeutic systems
Patent
1997-08-29
1999-04-13
Lateef, Marvin M.
Surgery: light, thermal, and electrical application
Light, thermal, and electrical application
Electrical therapeutic systems
A61N 139
Patent
active
058938818
ABSTRACT:
An implantable cardioverter for providing cardioversion electrical energy to at least one chamber of a patient's heart in need of cardioversion and applying a pain alleviating therapy at an appropriate site in the patient's body prior to or in conjunction with the delivery of the cardioversion energy to the heart chamber to alleviate propagated pain perceived by the patient. The combined cardioversion and pain alleviating therapies are preferably realized in a single implantable, multiprogrammable medical device or separate implantable cardioversion and pain control devices with means for communicating operating and status commands between the devices through the patient's body.
REFERENCES:
patent: 4360026 (1982-11-01), Venin et al.
patent: 5087243 (1992-02-01), Avitall
patent: 5154182 (1992-10-01), Moaddeb
patent: 5203326 (1993-04-01), Collins
patent: 5220917 (1993-06-01), Cammilli et al.
patent: 5405362 (1995-04-01), Kramer
patent: 5562708 (1996-10-01), Combs et al.
patent: 5662689 (1997-09-01), Elsberry et al.
patent: 5727556 (1998-03-01), Weth et al.
patent: 5792187 (1998-11-01), Adams
Elsberry Dennis D.
Mehra Rahul
Otten Lynn M.
Rise Mark T.
Thompson David L.
Duthler Reed A.
Lateef Marvin M.
Layno Carl H.
Medtronic Inc.
Patton Harold R.
LandOfFree
Method and apparatus for alleviating cardioversion shock pain by does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this patent.
If you have personal experience with Method and apparatus for alleviating cardioversion shock pain by, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Method and apparatus for alleviating cardioversion shock pain by will most certainly appreciate the feedback.
Profile ID: LFUS-PAI-O-222749