Rate-responsive pacemaker with automatic rate response factor selection
US5792196A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 24, 1997 |
| Grant date | Aug 11, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 24, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61N1/36521
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A rate responsive pacemaker senses an instantaneous metabolic indicative parameter such as minute volume and monitors this parameter over an extended time period of 30 days. A corresponding cumulative rate control parameter is generated. The cumulative rate parameter is converted into a metabolic pulsing rate for generating pulses in accordance with a set of physical activity parameters.
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