Automatic programming of rate-adaptive therapy via activity monitoring
US8538526B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 16, 2010 |
| Grant date | Sep 17, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 20, 2031 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61N1/37264
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A rate-adaptive pacemaker and a method for its operation in which the response factor for a minute ventilation sensor or other type of exertion level sensor is automatically set during a parameter adjustment mode that utilizes an activity level measurement to determine when the patient is at a target activity level with which is associated an appropriate target pacing rate. In a preferred embodiment, the target activity level corresponds to casual walking (e.g., 2 mph at a 4% grade) with a target pacing rate selected as appropriate for that level of activity in the individual patient.
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