Apparatus for treating atrial tachy arrhythmias with synchronized shocks
US6272380A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 19, 1999 |
| Grant date | Aug 7, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 19, 2019 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61N1/3956
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An implantable anti-tachyarrhythmia device which delivers atrial cardioversion or defibrillation pulses heart in response to detection of atrial tachyarrhythmias. The pulses are synchronized to atrial and ventricular events in such a fashion as to assure they occur outside of the vulnerable periods associated with both chambers.
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