Apparatus for detecting diastolic heart failure
US7959576B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 6, 2004 |
| Grant date | Jun 14, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 20, 2025 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61B8/13
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An implantable medical apparatus for detecting diastolic heart failure, DHF, has a DHF determining device for determining at least one DHF parameter for detecting a DHF state of the heart of a patient. The DHF includes circuitry for determining, as the DHF parameter, the time duration of a predetermined phase of diastole. A pacemaker has such an apparatus and a control unit that optimizes pacing therapy and pacemaker settings depending on the determined time duration. A corresponding method of detecting diastolic heart failure, DHF, includes determining at least one DHF parameter for detecting a DHF state of the heart of a patient. As the DHF parameter, the time duration of a predetermined phase of diastole is determined.
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