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Device and method for reducing the heart rate of a patient, and apparatus having the device

US8626265B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

Eckhard Hempel · Bad Mergentheim, DE
Stefan Popescu · Erlangen, DE
Nicolae Rusca · Forchheim, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 1, 2011
Grant date	Jan 7, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 23, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01R33/5673
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A device is disclosed for stimulating the trigeminal nerve of a patient in order to reduce the heart rate of the patient for recording image information from the heart of the patient. In at least one embodiment, the device includes at least one device for mechanical, electrical, magnetic, thermal, optical and/or chemical stimulation of the trigeminal nerve. Furthermore, at least one embodiment relates to an apparatus including at least one such device and a unit for registering the heart rate of the patient, which unit interacts with the device. Furthermore, at least one embodiment moreover relates to a method for reducing the heart rate of a patient in order to record image information from the heart of the patient, in which method the trigeminal nerve of the patient is stimulated by at least one such device in order to lower the heart rate of the patient.

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