发明名称 |
Cardiac assist device having muscle augementation after confirmed arrhythmia and method |
摘要 |
A cardiac assist device having muscle augmentation after a confirmed arrhythmia. In particular the present invention operates, in a first embodiment, to sense a cardiac event, next it determines whether the cardiac event is a cardiac arrhythmia, if the event is not a cardiac arrhythmia the devices delivers stimulation to a skeletal muscle grafted about a heart, but if the event is a cardiac arrhythmia the device inhibits delivery of skeletal muscle stimulation and once the arrhythmia is confirmed, then delivers therapeutic stimulation to the heart. In a second embodiment the present invention operates to re-initiate skeletal muscle stimulation once the arrhythmia is confirmed but prior to the delivery of the therapeutic stimulation to the heart.
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申请公布号 |
US5697952(A) |
申请公布日期 |
1997.12.16 |
申请号 |
US19950516415 |
申请日期 |
1995.08.17 |
申请人 |
MEDTRONIC, INC. |
发明人 |
FRANCISCHELLI, DAVID;HAMMARGREN, JOHN;NEISZ, JOHANN J.;PETERSON, DAVID K.;WEIJAND, KOEN J. |
分类号 |
A61N1/365;A61N1/36;A61N1/362;A61N1/39;(IPC1-7):A61N1/39 |
主分类号 |
A61N1/365 |
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