Patent · US Expired

Patient-operated pacemaker programmer

US4365633A · kind A · utility

116Cited by

5References

23Claims

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Assignee

Telectronics Pty. Limited · AU

Inventors

James Loughman · Sydney, AU
Christopher N. Daly · Mona Vale, AU
Ronald Washington · Seaforth, AU

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 22, 1980
Grant date	Dec 28, 1982
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 22, 2000

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61N1/37258
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

There is disclosed a pacemaker programmer for operation by a patient. The programmer can be pre-set by the physician to allow the patient to set his pacemaker in any one of a limited number of states, the states controllable by the patient being a sub-set of the set controllable by the physician with use of his conventional-type programmer. In the illustrative embodiment of the invention, while the physician programmer can control eight different rates, the patient programmer can set only three of these ("exercise", "awake" and "sleep" values), the particular values being preselected by the physician.

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