Microprocessor capture detection circuit and method

Details Microprocessor capture detection circuit and method Microprocessor capture detection circuit and method

1998-04-09

1999-02-16

Kamm, William E.

Surgery: light, thermal, and electrical application

Light, thermal, and electrical application

Electrical therapeutic systems

A61N 137

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active

058715126

ABSTRACT:
Software programmable device means such as a microprocessor are employed to discriminate between evoked response signals and post-pace polarization signals sensed by an implantable medical device. The polarity of the positive or negative change in voltage in respect of time (or dv/dt) of the waveform incident on the lead electrodes is monitored during a short period of time immediately following a paced event. It has been discovered that the post-pace polarization signal exhibits a relatively constant polarity during the capture detect window, and that the evoked response signal may cause the polarity of post-pace polarization signal to reverse during the capture detect window. The sign of the post-pace polarization polarity, either positive or negative, is determined by the design of the specific output circuitry. The evoked response signal may reverse the polarity of the sensed signal in either case, from positive to negative or from negative to positive, during the time window of interest. When the magnitude of the post-pace polarization is so great that the evoked response does not reverse the polarity of the waveform, discrimination of the evoked response may be achieved by noting an acceleration (or increasing magnitude of dv/dt) in the sensed signal or waveform.

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