Surgery: light – thermal – and electrical application – Light – thermal – and electrical application – Electrical therapeutic systems
Patent
1992-07-20
1994-12-06
Kamm, William E.
Surgery: light, thermal, and electrical application
Light, thermal, and electrical application
Electrical therapeutic systems
A61N 1365
Patent
active
053706676
ABSTRACT:
An implantable medical interventional device delivers electrical therapies to the heart of the implant patient to treat pathological tachycardia. A first sensor of the device generates a signal indicative of the patient's ECG, and a second sensor in the form of an activity sensor such as an accelerometer generates a signal representative of the current status of physical exercise by the patient. An evaluation system of the device establishes heart rate criteria for recognizing pathological tachycardias, to be applied against the ECG signal to recognize pathological tachycardia and distinguish it from physiological tachycardia experienced by the patient. A control system of the device modifies the criteria according to the nature of the exercise status signal, to enhance recognition and distinction. In an embodiment, the criteria of heart rate at the boundary between physiological and pathological tachycardia for the particular implant patient is modified by shifting it to a different rate. The boundary rate is shifted to a higher rate when the exercise status signal indicates a change from patient rest to patient exercise, and to a lower rate when that signal indicates a change from patient exercise to patient rest. Bipolar floating electrodes sense atrial ECG status, and solely atrial defibrillation is applied when ventricular tachycardia is found attributable to primary atrial fibrillation. Such a situation may be determined by measuring the R-R interval of the beats to detect irregularity. The modification of the tachycardia recognition criteria is disabled when primary atrial fibrillation is detected.
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Intermedics Inc.
Kamm William E.
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