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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 02, 2014
Applicant:
Pacesetter, Inc., Sylmar, CA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
PACESETTER, INC., Sylmar, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/00 (2006.01); A61N 1/362 (2006.01); A61N 1/368 (2006.01); A61N 1/365 (2006.01); A61N 1/36 (2006.01); A61N 1/39 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/3624 (2013.01); A61N 1/365 (2013.01); A61N 1/368 (2013.01); A61N 1/3605 (2013.01); A61N 1/36053 (2013.01); A61N 1/395 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method to provide electrical stimulation therapy to stabilize ventricular rate of a heart during episodes of atrial fibrillation. The stimulation therapy may be a plurality of stimulation pulses delivered to the AV node during the AV node refractory period following the sensing of an atrial event.