Induction of cardioplegia applied electrical signals
US6304777A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | May 26, 1999 |
| Grant date | Oct 16, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 26, 2019 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61N1/385
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method and apparatus for controlling activity of a heart of a living person during a medical procedure. Electrical signals are applied to the heart so as to induce a spontaneously-reversible cardioplegia thereof. The signals are preferably such that terminating application of the signals does not induce fibrillation. Most preferably, the signals have an amplitude that is below a level that would induce fibrillation upon termination thereof.
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