Medtronic, Inc.

James Vander Heyden

Lonny V Cabelka

Michael W Heinks

Yanina Grinberg

Timothy A Ebeling

Joel R Lauer

Brian W Schousek

Joseph Ippolito

Craig W Dorma

Paul D Baker

Robert T Sawchuk

Robert W Sawchuk

An extra-cardiovascular implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) having a high voltage therapy module is configured to control a high voltage charging circuit to charge a capacitor to a pacing voltage amplitude to deliver charge balanced pacing pulses. The capacitor is chargeable to a shock voltage amplitude that is greater than the pacing voltage amplitude. The ICD is configured to enable switching circuitry of the high voltage therapy module to discharge the capacitor to deliver a first pulse having a first polarity and a leading voltage amplitude corresponding to the pacing voltage amplitude for pacing the patient's heart via a pacing electrode vector selected from extra-cardiovascular electrodes. The high voltage therapy module delivers a second pulse after the first pulse. The second pulse has a second polarity opposite the first polarity and balances the electrical charge delivered during the first pulse.

Charge balanced cardiac pacing from high voltage circuitry of an extra-cardiovascular implantable cardioverter defibrillator system

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Maplewood, MN, United States of America

James Vander Heyden