Surgery: light – thermal – and electrical application – Light – thermal – and electrical application – Electrical therapeutic systems
Reexamination Certificate
2007-11-06
2007-11-06
Schaetzle, Kennedy J. (Department: 3766)
Surgery: light, thermal, and electrical application
Light, thermal, and electrical application
Electrical therapeutic systems
C607S015000, C607S017000, C600S526000
Reexamination Certificate
active
10634232
ABSTRACT:
A cardiac electro-stimulatory device and method for operating same in which stimulation pulses are distributed among a plurality of electrodes fixed at different sites of the myocardium in order to reduce myocardial hypertrophy brought about by repeated pacing at a single site and/or increase myocardial contractility. In order to spatially and temporally distribute the stimulation, the pulses are delivered through a switchable pulse output configuration during a single cardiac cycle, with each configuration comprising one or more electrodes fixed to different sites in the myocardium.
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KenKnight Bruce H.
Salo Rodney W.
Spinelli Julio C.
Cardiac Pacemakers Inc.
Schaetzle Kennedy J.
Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.
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