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Systems and methods to reduce injury in the heart

US10758655B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc. · US

Inventors

Barbara Huibregtse · Westborough, US
Thomas Herbst · Weßling, DE
Craig Stolen · New Brighton, US
Eric Schneider · Tucson, US
Lynne E. Swanson · Edina, US
Lili Liu · Beijing, CN

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 11, 2017
Grant date	Sep 1, 2020
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 2, 2037

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61M2205/50
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

This document discusses, among other things, systems and methods to reduce ischemic or metabolic injury to a patient's heart. A system to reduce ischemic or metabolic injury to a patient's heart may include a pulse generator for generating electrical pulses or shock, a pacing lead with at least one pacing electrode configured to deliver electrical pulses received from the pulse generator to the patient's heart, a controller configured to control timing of electrical pulses to reduce wall stress of the heart, and a reservoir, fluidically coupled to a lumen and a pump, wherein the pump is configured, under control of the controller, to move contents from the reservoir through the lumen to an area of the heart with the reduced wall stress, wherein the contents include autologous respiration-competent mitochondria or other respiratory-promoting agents.

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