Method and apparatus for detecting a state of imminent cardiac a

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1995-09-28

1997-08-19

Kamm, William E.

Surgery: light, thermal, and electrical application

Light, thermal, and electrical application

Electrical therapeutic systems

A61N 139

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056583184

ABSTRACT:
A device for detecting a state of imminent cardiac arrhythmia, relative to a normal state for a heart, in response to activity in nerve signals conveying information from the autonomic nerve system to the heart, contains a sensor body for sensing neural activity, a comparator with a threshold value forming a condition for the presence of an arrhythmia, the comparator emitting an arrhythmia-indicating output signal depending on whether neural activity meets the condition, and the sensor body being placeable in an extracardiac position for at least one of the sympathetic and vagus nerves. The sensor body directly senses activity in the nerve at that location in direct contact with the nerve. An implanted blood pressure sensing cuff also can be provided which generates signals indicative of blood pressure which can be evaluated in combination with the nerve signals for identifying the state of imminent cardiac arrhythmia.

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