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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 18, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 02, 2016
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
David A. Anderson, Stanchfield, MN (US);
Mark T. Marshall, Forest Lake, MN (US);
Vladimir P. Nikolski, Blaine, MN (US);
Robert T. Sawchuk, Roseville, MN (US);
Amy E. Thompson-Nauman, Ham Lake, MN (US);
John D. Wahlstrand, Shoreview, MN (US);
Gregory A. Younker, White Bear Township, MN (US);
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
This disclosure is directed to techniques for delivering cardiac pacing pulses to a patient's heart by a cardiac system, such as an extra-cardiovascular ICD system. An ICD operating according to the techniques disclosed herein delivers cardiac pacing pulses using high-voltage therapy circuitry typically configured for delivering high-voltage cardioversion/defibrillation shocks. The ICD delivers the high-voltage pacing therapy via extra-cardiovascular electrodes, such as one or more extra-cardiovascular electrodes carried by a medical electrical lead extending from the ICD and/or the housing of the ICD.