Patent · US Expired

Fully automatic and physiologic rate-adaptive pacing

US6408208B1 · kind B1 · utility

106Cited by
24References
30Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventor

Key dates

Filing dateOct 28, 1999
Grant dateJun 18, 2002
Priority date
Expiry dateOct 28, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61N1/36585
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Methods and apparatus for automatic estimation of output mapping parameters for a control system where those output mapping parameters may be estimated from changes in sensor input data when the control system enters steady-state motion. Methods and apparatus for automatic estimation of minute ventilation at anaerobic threshold and minute ventilation at peak exercise for adjustment of rate-adaptive curves of pacemakers. The methods include detecting steady-state motion of the pacemaker and calculating minute ventilation at anaerobic threshold and minute ventilation at peak exercise from changes in minute ventilation sensor data corresponding to the period of steady-state motion.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.