Apparatus for applying electric pulses to living myocardial tissue

US10870006B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Föderung der Wissenschaften e.V. · US

Inventors

• Alexander Schlemmer · Oettingen, DE
• Thomas Lilienkamp · Oettingen, DE
• Sebastian Berg · Oettingen, DE
• Ulrich Parlitz · Gleichen, DE
• Stefan Luther · Oettingen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 11, 2018
• Grant date: Dec 22, 2020
• Expiry date: Dec 9, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61N1/3704
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An apparatus for applying at least one electric pulse to a living myocardial tissue comprises an input configured to receive an electric signal representing a present electric activity of the myocardial tissue; a signal processor configured to process the electric signal to calculate a present permutation value of the electric signal in the state space and to only output a control signal when the calculated present entropy value of the electric signal is lower than a predetermined entropy threshold value; a pulse generator configured to generate the at least one electric pulse in response to the control signal; and an output configured to output the at least one electric pulse to the myocardial tissue.