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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 21, 2019
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
An implantable medical device is configured to control a therapy module to couple a capacitor array comprising a plurality of capacitors to a plurality of extra-cardiovascular electrodes and control the therapy module to deliver a composite pacing pulse to a patient's heart via the plurality of extra-cardiovascular electrodes by sequentially discharging at least a portion of the plurality capacitors to produce a series of at least two individual pulses that define the composite pacing pulse.