Surgery: light – thermal – and electrical application – Light – thermal – and electrical application – Electrical therapeutic systems
Reexamination Certificate
2006-03-07
2006-03-07
Schaetzle, Kennedy (Department: 3762)
Surgery: light, thermal, and electrical application
Light, thermal, and electrical application
Electrical therapeutic systems
C607S010000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07010350
ABSTRACT:
Apparatus is disclosed for providing a practitioner the ability to switch from one cardiac pacing mode to another cardiac pacing mode when treating a patient suffering from heart failure due to discoordinate ventricular contraction. Also disclosed are methods of providing different modes of cardiac pacing to a cardiac pacing patient using the apparatus.
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