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Surgery: Light, Thermal, And Electrical Application > Light, Thermal, And Electrical Application > Electrical Therapeutic Systems > Heart Rate Regulating (e.g., Pacing) > Treating Or Preventing Abnormally High Heart Rate Treating Or Preventing Abnormally High Heart RateTreating Or Preventing Abnormally High Heart Rate patent applications listed are from June 2005 to current and include Date, Patent Application Number, Patent Title, Patent Abstract summary and are linked to the corresponding patent application page.11/23/06 - 20060265018 - Modular antitachyarrhythmia therapy system This document discusses, among other things, a modular antitachyarrhythmia therapy system. In an example, a modular antitachyarrhythmia system includes at least two separate modules that coordinate delivery an antitachyarrhythmia therapy, such as a defibrillation therapy. In another example, a modular antitachyarrhythmia therapy system includes a sensing module, an analysis module, ... 11/16/06 - 20060259089 - Atrial tachyarrhythmia detection using selected atrial intervals Methods and systems are directed to detecting atrial tachyarrhythmia. A plurality of A-A intervals is detected. The detected A-A intervals are selected and used to detect atrial tachyarrhythmia. Selecting A-A intervals may be based on determining that A-A intervals are qualified. Qualified A-A intervals may be determined if a duration ... 11/09/06 - 20060253158 - System and method for providing tachyarrhythmia therapy by implantable device in presence of system faults A system and method is disclosed by which an implantable cardiac device may deliver tachyarrhythmia therapy in the event of a system fault. A hardware-based safety core provides the logic circuitry for detecting tachyarrhythmias and delivering shock therapy in the event of a fault which disables operation of the device's ... 11/09/06 - 20060253157 - Method and device for comprehensive anti-tachyarrhythmia therapy A method and apparatus for delivering therapy to treat ventricular tachyarrhythmias is described. In one embodiment, neural stimulation, anti-tachycardia pacing, and shock therapy are employed in a progressive sequence upon detection of a ventricular tachycardia. ... 07/06/06 - 20060149325 - Atp pacing with entrainment monitoring A method and system for delivering anti-tachycardia pacing (ATP) is disclosed. During delivery of an ATP burst, an implantable cardiac rhythm management device is programmed to sense evoked responses and determine whether or not the ATP burst has entrained the heart by counting the number of successive pacing pulses achieving ... 06/08/06 - 20060122651 - Use of mechanical restitution to predict hemodynamic response to a rapid ventricular rhythm An implantable cardiac stimulation device and associated method for predicting the hemodynamic response to a rapid heart rhythm. The system includes an implantable cardiac stimulation device and associated sensors of electrical and mechanical heart function. The associated method includes measuring a mechanical restitution (MR) parameter or surrogate thereof, performing a ... 06/08/06 - 20060122650 - Arrhythmia termination detection based on beat pattern In general, the invention is directed to an apparatus and method for determining whether an identified atrial tachyarrhythmia episode has terminated. The invention enables determination of whether the tachyarrhythmia episode has terminated based on cardiac beat pattern. In some embodiments of the invention, the determination as to whether the episode ... 06/01/06 - 20060116729 - Method and apparatus for termination of cardiac tachyarrhythmias An apparatus and method for terminating atrial and ventricular tachyarrhythmias by delivering a voltage pulse to an electrode arrangement that efficiently terminates the tachyarrhythmia. In one embodiment, a voltage pulse is impressed between an electrode located in the coronary sinus and an electrode located lo within the superior vena cava ... 05/25/06 - 20060111751 - Cardiac tachyarrhythmia therapy selection based on patient response information Cardiac treatment methods and devices providing templates representative of past tachyarrythmia events, each template associated with a therapy. A cardiac waveform is detected, and if it corresponds to a particular template associated with a previous therapy that was satisfactory in terminating a past event, the previous therapy is delivered again. ... 05/04/06 - 20060095084 - Conduction based automatic therapy selection A system comprising an implantable medical device includes a ventricular heart signal sensing circuit, a pacing therapy circuit, and a controller circuit coupled to the signal sensing circuit and the therapy circuit. The controller circuit is operable to detect a ventricular tachycardia heart rhythm from the cardiac signal, measure an ... 05/04/06 - 20060095083 - Methods and apparatuses for arrhythmia detection and classification using wireless ecg A CRM system enhances intracardiac electrogram-based arrhythmia detection using a wireless electrocardiogram (ECG), which is a signal sensed with implantable electrodes and approximating a surface ECG. In one embodiment, an intracardiac electrogram allows for detection of an arrhythmia, and the wireless ECG allows for classification of the detected arrhythmia by ... 04/27/06 - 20060089676 - Cardiac pacemaker with loss of atrial capture mode switching and method An apparatus and method for treatment of pacemaker mediated tachycardia. A pacemaker detects serially recurring pacemaker mediated tachycardia and alters the mode of stimulation to a non-atrial pacing mode. The pacemaker also alters the mode of stimulation to a non-atrial pacing mode whenever atrial loss of capture is indicated, for ... 04/13/06 - 20060079941 - Methods and implantable devices for treating supraventricular arrhythmias A medication, method and device for cardiac treatment are provided, in particular, for treating supraventricular arrhythmias. Specifically, a method is provided for treating supraventricular arrhythmias, using a therapeutically effective amount of a cholinergic receptor agonist, for example, acetylcholine. This device maybe part of universal device which provides pacing and defibrillation. ... 03/16/06 - 20060058849 - Method and apparatus for using atrial discrimination algorithms to determine optimal pacing therapy and therapy timing A system and method which employs atrial discrimination algorithms to distinguish between different atrial arrhythmias occurring in a patient for selecting an optimal pacing therapy corresponding to the type of arrhythmia identified. In response to the detection of an atrial rate above the atrial tracking rate, discrimination criteria are applied ... 01/26/06 - 20060020293 - High frequency atrial burst pacing for improved ventricular rate control during atrial arrhythmias A method and device for delivering cardiac stimulation that includes a first electrode, positioned within a first chamber of a heart, sensing cardiac signals associated with the first chamber and capable of delivering stimulation to the first chamber, and a second electrode, positioned within a second chamber of the heart, ... 12/01/05 - 20050267540 - Selective chamber atp pacing A method and system for delivering anti-tachycardia pacing (ATP) is disclosed. By comparing the time intervals between senses from both ventricles, the origin of a ventricular tachyarrhythmia may be mapped to one or the other of the ventricles. The arrhythmic ventricle may then be paced with either single-ventricle or biventricular ... 11/24/05 - 20050261744 - Fast post-antitachycardia pacing redetection algorithm A method comprising detecting a ventricular tachycardia heart rhythm in a patient, providing anti-tachycardia pacing (ATP) therapy to the patient in response to the ventricular tachycardia heart rhythm, waiting a first time duration after the ATP therapy ends, and monitoring ventricular depolarizations after the first time duration has elapsed. The ... 11/17/05 - 20050256544 - Template based av/va interval comparison for the discrimination of cardiac arrhythmias An implantable cardioverter/defibrillator includes a tachycardia detection system that detects one-to-one (1:1) tachycardia, which is a tachycardia with a one-to-one relationship between atrial and ventricular contractions. When the 1:1 tachycardia is detected, the system discriminates ventricular tachycardia (VT) from supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) based on analysis of a cardiac time interval. ... 11/10/05 - 20050251217 - Dynamic discrimination utilizing anti-tachy pacing therapy in an implantable medical device A method and medical device for discriminating an arrhythmia that includes an input circuit sensing cardiac signals and a microprocessor identifying an event associated with the sensed cardiac signals as a first arrhythmia event. A first circuit delivers a first therapy, substantially simultaneous with coupling of a charging circuit and ... 11/03/05 - 20050245980 - Method and apparatus to control delivery of high-voltage and anti-tachy pacing therapy in an implantable medical device A method and device for delivering a therapy in response to detection of abnormal cardiac rhythms that includes a first circuit delivering a first therapy and a second circuit delivering a second therapy, the second circuit including an energy storage device for storing energy associated with the second therapy and ... 11/03/05 - 20050245979 - Method and apparatus to control delivery of high-voltage and anti-tachy pacing therapy in an implantable medical device A method and device for delivering a therapy in response to detection of abnormal cardiac rhythms that includes delivering a first therapy during a first delivery period, substantially simultaneous with coupling of a charging circuit and an energy storage device to generate stored energy on the energy storage device. A ... 08/11/05 - 20050177196 - Methods and apparatus for identifying patients at risk for life threatening arrhythmias In general, the invention is directed to systems and techniques for assessing a risk of ventricular tachyarrhythmia in a patient by measuring one or more biochemical markers that reflect the health of a patient. Typically, the patient submits a sample, such as a blood sample, which is tested for one ... 07/14/05 - 20050154421 - Reducing inappropriate delivery of therapy for suspected non-lethal arrhythmias An implantable medical device (IMD) identifies suspected non-lethal ventricular arrhythmia, and takes one or more actions in response to the identification to avoid or delay delivery of a defibrillation or cardioversion shock. The IMD employs number of intervals to detect (NID) thresholds for detection of ventricular arrhythmias. When a NID ... 07/07/05 - 20050149135 - Apparatus and method for treating ventricular tachyarrhythmias A system and method for selectively treating a ventricular tachycardia based on sensed atrial and ventricular intervals from the patient's heart. A detection window of the ten most recent atrial and ventricular intervals are analyzed for the occurrence of either tachycardia or fibrillation. When a majority of the sensed intervals ... 06/16/05 - 20050131475 - Precordial-superior vena cava electrode arrangement for an implantable cardioverter defibrillator The present invention provides systems, methods, components and medical devices for defibrillating a volume of excitable myocardial tissue. In one aspect, the invention delivers therapy via a pair of electrodes spaced from myocardial tissue with a first electrode disposed in a precordial location and spaced from myocardial tissue and a ... ### FreshPatents.com Support |