Surgery: light – thermal – and electrical application – Light – thermal – and electrical application – Electrical therapeutic systems
Patent
1996-12-26
1998-11-17
Kamm, William E.
Surgery: light, thermal, and electrical application
Light, thermal, and electrical application
Electrical therapeutic systems
607 9, 607 30, A61N 136, A61N 1362
Patent
active
058369899
ABSTRACT:
An implantable medical device and corresponding system and method are disclosed having programmable operating functions for monitoring a patient condition or delivering a therapy. The device has a primary operating function and a trial operating function. Those functions are enabled or disabled in a time dependent manner to permit their comparison and evaluation in a patient. The device may include a telemetry transceiver for receiving external programmable sequences of operating instructions and for transmitting data externally to a programmer. The device may further include a memory for storing the sequence of operating instructions and for storing data related to the delivery of the therapy or the monitoring function.
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"Thera Product Information Manual," for Pacemark Models 89641, 89651, 89661 by Medtronic, Inc., undated.
Kamm William E.
Layno Carl H.
Medtronic Inc.
Patton Harold R.
Woods Thomas F.
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