Combined anti-tachycardia pacing (ATP) and high voltage therapy for treating ventricular arrhythmias

US6892094B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Medtronic, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Kevin T. Ousdigian · Shoreview, US
• Vasant Padmanabhan · Plymouth, US
• Paul J. DeGroot · Brooklyn Park, US
• Walter H. Olson · North Oaks, US
• Vinod Sharma · Bengaluru, IN
• Cameron J. Kaszas · Minneapolis, US
• Paul G. Krause · St. Louis Park, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 30, 2002
• Grant date: May 10, 2005
• Expiry date: May 31, 2023

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61N1/3987
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A system and method for treating an arrhythmia of the heart, involves delivery of anti-tachy pacing (ATP) pulses to the heart, possibly followed by the delivery of a high-voltage shock. ATP delivery is controlled such that the time delivery of any high-voltage shock is not affected by the prior delivery of the ATP pulses. System control may be accomplished using one or more programmable parameters, which may include a user-specified shock energy.