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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2018
Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
David A. Casavant, Reading, MA (US);
Jeffrey E. Stahmann, Ramsey, MN (US);
Carolina Villarreal, Hopedale, MA (US);
James O. Gilkerson, Stillwater, MN (US);
Deepa Mahajan, Roseville, MN (US);
Paul Richard Holleran, Grafton, MA (US);
CARDIAC PACEMAKERS, INC., St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
Regulating cardiac activity may include pacing the patient's heart at a starting pacing rate and instigating an intrinsic heart beat search algorithm that includes pacing at a reduced rate for a period of time and capturing electrical signals representative of cardiac electrical activity while pacing at the reduced rate in order to determine a presence or absence of intrinsic heart beats. If intrinsic heart beats are not detected, the heart may be paced at a further reduced rate for a period of time. If intrinsic beats are detected, the heart may be paced again at the starting pacing rate. This may continue until intrinsic heart beats are detected or until a lower search rate limit is reached. Diagnostic data may be collected at each stage and transmitted to a display device for analysis by a physician or the like.