Surgery: light – thermal – and electrical application – Light – thermal – and electrical application – Electrical therapeutic systems
Patent
1996-04-08
1997-08-05
Kamm, William E.
Surgery: light, thermal, and electrical application
Light, thermal, and electrical application
Electrical therapeutic systems
607 4, 128697, A61N 1362
Patent
active
056537379
ABSTRACT:
A programmable pacemaker that allows both noninvasive electrophysiological ("EP") testing for atrial tachycardias and ventricular pacing support, by allowing operation in the atrial channel to be decoupled from operation in the ventricular is provided. Many patients require EP testing to evaluate a predisposition to tachycardias. Many of these patients also have dual-chamber pacemakers for cardiac support. These systems can be noninvasively coupled to a external programmer enabling the already implanted system to serve as an in vivo EP laboratory. When performing noninvasive atrial EP testing with current dual-chamber pacemakers, the device must first be programmed to a single-chamber triggered mode. The present system allows the pacemaker to maintain ventricular pacing during EP testing.
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Evanisko George R.
Kamm William E.
Pacesetter Inc.
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