Rate-responsive pacemaker

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1989-01-11

1990-10-30

Jaworski, Francis

Surgery

Truss

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A61N 136

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049661469

ABSTRACT:
The slope and threshold of the rate responsive pacemaker are automatically adjustable to suit the physiological requirements of the user.
For threshold adjustment, the user performs a resting level of exertion and the sensor (3) signal is switched (14) to a threshold value generator (15) where its peak value is stored as the threshold value.
For slope adjustment, a target pacing rate is supplied to a store (17) by a programmer (13). The user performs a predetermined constant level of exertion. The resulting pacing rate is compared with the stored target rate in a comparator. The slope is adjusted (16) until the rates are equal. The value of slope is then stored (16).
The sensor (3) may sense any suitable biological variable.

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