Surgery: light – thermal – and electrical application – Light – thermal – and electrical application – Electrical therapeutic systems
Patent
1993-03-02
1994-07-19
Kamm, William E.
Surgery: light, thermal, and electrical application
Light, thermal, and electrical application
Electrical therapeutic systems
128705, 36441306, A61N 1362, A61B 50464
Patent
active
053305086
ABSTRACT:
An implantable cardioverter/defibrillator provided with method and apparatus for discrimination between tachycardia and fibrillation. The device is measures the interval separating depolarization of the heart, sorts the measured interval into interval ranges, counts the number of intervals in each range, and, based on the distribution of intervals within the rate ranges, identifies tachycardia or fibrillation. In its preferred embodiment, the device triggers delivery of therapies appropriate for treatment of tachycardia and fibrillation.
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Duthler Reed A.
Kamm William E.
Medtronic Inc.
Patton Harold R.
Schaetzle Kennedy J.
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