Surgery – Truss – Pad
Patent
1985-08-28
1988-01-19
Kamm, William E.
Surgery
Truss
Pad
128703, A61N 136
Patent
active
047199210
ABSTRACT:
A cardiac pacemaker has a pacing pulse generator whose rate is adjusted as a function of the cardiac output requirements of the body that are commensurate with the activity of the individual. The length of the ventricular preejection period (PEP) is governed by body hormones as well as direct nerve action upon the heart in relation to stress. The PEP is determined by marking occurrence of the onset of a natural ECG signal or artificial pacing pulse, whichever is first to occur in a heart cycle, and detecting left or right ventricular ejection by a pressure or flow pulse in the arterial system or a volume change in the right ventricle. The length of time between the onset of a natural or artificial stimulus and onset of ventricular ejection is the PEP. An electric signal that depends on the PEP is used to regulate the pulse generator rate and escape mechanisms in any of the conventional pacing modes including the AAI, VVI, DVI, VDD and DDD modes.
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