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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 01, 2015
Applicant:
Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Inventors:
James O. Gilkerson, Stillwater, MN (US);
James Kalgren, Lino Lakes, MN (US);
Krzysztof Z. Siejko, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Jeffrey E. Stahmann, Ramsey, MN (US);
Assignee:
Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/38 (2006.01); A61N 1/368 (2006.01); A61N 1/362 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/3684 (2013.01); A61N 1/3627 (2013.01);
Abstract
A refractory period for a pacemaker sensing channel refers to a period of time during which the sensing channel is either blind to incoming electrical signals, termed a blanking interval, and/or during which the device is configured to ignore such signals for purposes of sense event detection. Methods and devices for implementing refractory periods in the context of multi-site left ventricular pacing are described.