Implantable Medical Devices Employing Electroactive Polymers For Sensing Cardiac Motion and/or Causing Cardiac Compression

摘要

Disclosed herein is a system for monitoring a motion of a cardiac tissue. The system includes a motion sensor configured to operably couple to the cardiac tissue. The motion sensor includes an electroactive polymer and is further configured to result in a deflection in the electroactive polymer when the cardiac tissue undergoes the motion. The deflection in the electroactive polymer generates an electrical event.