Implantable medical device for stimulating a human or animal heart employing an evaluation of signals between a His electrode and a further electrode
US11779771B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 19, 2021 |
| Grant date | Oct 10, 2023 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 6, 2041 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61N2001/0585
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An implantable medical device stimulates a human or animal heart. The medical device contains a processor, a memory unit, a His electrode having a first electrode pole configured to detect an electrical signal at a His bundle of a heart, and a further electrode having a further electrode pole configured to detect an electrical signal at a cardiac region of the same heart different from the His bundle. During operation of the device, performing the steps of: measuring electric signals at a His bundle of a heart with the first electrode pole; measuring electric signals at a cardiac region of the same heart different from the His bundle with the further electrode pole; and evaluating intracardiac electrogram signals and/or impedance signals measured between the first electrode pole and the further electrode pole, with the provision that this evaluating does not only contain a determination of an atrial-His bundle transition time.
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