Surgery: light – thermal – and electrical application – Light – thermal – and electrical application – Electrical therapeutic systems
Reexamination Certificate
2006-04-11
2006-04-11
Getzow, Scott M. (Department: 3762)
Surgery: light, thermal, and electrical application
Light, thermal, and electrical application
Electrical therapeutic systems
Reexamination Certificate
active
07027863
ABSTRACT:
A multi-modal cardiotherapy device (100) includes an anti-arrhythmic unit (118) for delivering multiple types of anti-arrhythmic therapy to a heart, a cardiac contractility modulating unit (108) for delivering cardiac contractility modulating signals to the heart, and for applying anti-arrhythmic cardiac contractility modulating signal therapy to the heart, one or more sensing units (112) for sensing electrical signals related to electrical activity of the heart to provide an output signal, one or more detecting units (116) operatively connected to the sensing unit(s) (112) for detecting in the output signal cardiac events of the heart, a controller unit (106) operatively connected to the anti-arrhythmic unit (118), the cardiac contractility modulating unit (108) and the detecting unit(s) (116). The controller unit (106) processes the output of the detecting unit(s) (116) to detect a cardiac arrhythmia or indications of a possible arrhythmia in the heart and controls the application of anti-arrhythmic therapy, anti-arrhythmic cardiac contractility modulating signal therapy, and cardiac contractility modulating therapy to the heart. The device may be an implantable device or a non-implantable device. The device (100) may also include a pacing unit (102). Methods are disclosed for using the device for delivering multi-modal cardiotherapy to the heart.
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patent:
Belsky Ziv
Darvish Nissim
Haluska Edward
Prutchi David
Routh Andre G.
Dippert William H.
Getzow Scott M.
Impulse Dynamics N.V.
Wolf Block Schorr & Solis-Cohen LLP
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