Surgery: light – thermal – and electrical application – Light – thermal – and electrical application – Electrical therapeutic systems
Reexamination Certificate
2005-08-23
2005-08-23
Evanisko, George R. (Department: 3762)
Surgery: light, thermal, and electrical application
Light, thermal, and electrical application
Electrical therapeutic systems
Reexamination Certificate
active
06934587
ABSTRACT:
An implantable dual chamber stimulation device provides a novel detection scheme for automatically detecting atrial capture and performing an atrial pacing threshold assessment. The stimulation device preferably waits until the patient is at or near rest and monitors the patient's P-wave activity to determine a detection window where a next P-wave is expected to occur. The stimulation device then delivers an atrial pulse prior to the next detection window, and monitors the window to determine whether a P-wave occurs therein. If a P-wave does not occur, then atrial capture is present, while occurrence of a P-wave indicates absence of atrial capture. If atrial capture is absent, the stimulation device automatically determines an appropriate atrial pacing threshold by monitoring the detection window while adjusting the stimulation pulse energy level. Advantageously, the present invention further employs a “bottom-up” adjusting scheme which starts at a low energy level, below the expected atrial pacing threshold, and increases the energy level until atrial capture is detected, thus saving energy and further avoiding corruption by large polarization signals. The latter feature is compatible with the present detection scheme and conventional evoked response detection schemes. The new atrial pacing threshold is then set at the atrial pulse level at which atrial capture was effectuated plus a predetermined safety margin.
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Bornzin Gene A.
Levine Paul A.
Sholder Jason A.
Valikai Kenneth
Evanisko George R.
Pacesetter, INC
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