Surgery: light – thermal – and electrical application – Light – thermal – and electrical application – Electrical therapeutic systems
Patent
1993-01-21
1995-06-13
Kamm, William E.
Surgery: light, thermal, and electrical application
Light, thermal, and electrical application
Electrical therapeutic systems
607 19, 607 22, A61N 1365
Patent
active
054238692
ABSTRACT:
A rate-response pacemaker includes a plurality of sensors that each sense a physiologic-related parameter suggestive of the physiological needs of a patient, and hence indicative of the pacing rate at which the rate-responsive pacemaker should provide pacing pulses on demand. The pacemaker includes appropriate selection circuitry for selecting which of the sensor parameters or weighted combinations thereof, should be used as the sensor indicated rate (SIR) signal to control the pacing rate of the pacemaker at any given time. In a preferred embodiment, a maximum sensor rate signal (MR.sub.i) is computed for each sensor, and a maximum sensor rate (MSR) signal is defined for the pacemaker, and the SIR signal is selected as the lesser of: (i) the MSR signal; (ii) the largest of the sensed sensor parameters; or (iii) the respective MR.sub.i signals.
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Medlin Roy B.
Poore John W.
Kamm William E.
Katz Samuel M.
Pacesetter Inc.
Schaetzle Kennedy J.
Weinberg Lisa P.
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