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Back-up pulse generator

US5846264A · kind A · utility

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11Claims

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Assignee

Pacesetter AB · SE

Inventors

Peter Andersson · Ängelholm, SE
Nils Holmstrom · Järfälla, SE
Gunbritt Skog · Göteborg, SE

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 1, 1996
Grant date	Dec 8, 1998
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 1, 2016

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61N1/3712
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A back-up pulse generator for a pacemaker having a first energy storing component for storing energy to be delivered in a stimulation pulse and connectable to means for conducting the stimulation pulse to the heart, the back-up pulse generator including a back-up pulse energy storing component for emitting a back-up pulse after a failure to sense an evoked response from a preceding stimulation pulse. The back-up pulse energy storing component substantially permanently stores energy at a higher voltage than the energy stored in the first energy storing component.

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