Patent · US Expired

Cardiac output controller

US6298268A · kind A · utility

95Cited by

6References

42Claims

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Assignee

Impulse Dynamics NV · NL

Inventors

Shlomo Ben-Haim · Haifa, IL
Nissim Darvish · Haifa, IL
Yuval Mika · Closter, US
Maier Fenster · Netanya, IL

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 12, 1999
Grant date	Oct 2, 2001
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 12, 2019

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61N1/368
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

This invention is an apparatus for modifying cardiac output of the heart of a subject, including one or more sensors which sense signals responsive to cardiac activity, and a stimulation probe including one or more stimulation electrodes which apply non-excitatory stimulation pulses to a cardiac muscle segment. Signal generation circuitry is coupled to the one or more sensors and the stimulation probe, which circuitry receives the signals from the one or more sensors and generates the non-excitatory stimulation pulses responsive to the signals.

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