Surgery – Diagnostic testing – Cardiovascular
Reexamination Certificate
2006-04-11
2006-04-11
Manuel, George (Department: 3762)
Surgery
Diagnostic testing
Cardiovascular
Reexamination Certificate
active
07027856
ABSTRACT:
An implantable medical device and associated method are provided for detecting non-sustained arrhythmias and determining a metric of non-sustained arrhythmias. The metric may be used for predicting the occurrence of a sustained arrhythmia or for automatically adjusting the parameters used for detecting a sustained arrhythmia.
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Gunderson Bruce D.
Olson Walter H.
Stadler Robert W.
Zhou Xiaohong
Girma Wolde-Michael
Kramer Nicole R.
Manuel George
Medtronic Inc.
Soldner Michael C.
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