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System and method for timing synchronized pacing

US6574506B2 · kind B2 · utility

163Cited by

14References

18Claims

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Assignee

Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc. · US

Inventors

Andrew P. Kramer · Minneapolis, US
Jeffrey E. Stahmann · Ramsey, US

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 26, 2000
Grant date	Jun 3, 2003
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 1, 2021

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61N1/36842
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A device and method for cardiac rhythm management in which a heart chamber is paced in accordance with sense signals from the opposite chamber or other distant cardiac site. In an exemplary embodiment, a rate chamber and a synchronized chamber are defined. The synchronized chamber is then paced in accordance with a synchronized pacing mode such that a synchronized chamber pace is delivered at a specified pacing instant defined with respect to expiration of a rate chamber escape interval based upon rate chamber events. The method is particularly useful in delivering cardiac resynchronization therapy.

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