Surgery – Diagnostic testing – Cardiovascular
Reexamination Certificate
2007-10-26
2010-10-19
Bockelman, Mark W (Department: 3766)
Surgery
Diagnostic testing
Cardiovascular
C600S509000, C600S515000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07818051
ABSTRACT:
An implantable medical device such as an implantable pacemaker or implantable cardioverter/defibrillator includes a programmable sensing circuit providing for sensing of a signal approximating a surface electrocardiogram (ECG) through implanted electrodes. With various electrode configurations, signals approximating various standard surface ECG signals are acquired without the need for attaching electrodes with cables onto the skin. The various electrode configurations include, but are not limited to, various combinations of intracardiac pacing electrodes, portions of the implantable medical device contacting tissue, and electrodes incorporated onto the surface of the implantable medical device.
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Daum Douglas R.
McCabe Aaron
Ni Quan
Scheiner Avram
Zhang Geng
Bockelman Mark W
Cardiac Pacemakers Inc.
Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.
So Elizabeth K
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