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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 16, 2021
Applicant:
Biotronik SE & Co. KG, Berlin, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
BIOTRONIK SE & Co. KG, Berlin, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/362 (2006.01); A61N 1/365 (2006.01); A61N 1/368 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/3627 (2013.01); A61N 1/3682 (2013.01); A61N 1/3684 (2013.01);
Abstract
An implantable device for stimulating a heart to lower blood pressure, comprising: a stimulation unit configured to stimulate a ventricle, and a sensing unit for detecting atrial activity of the heart, wherein the stimulation unit is configured to stimulate the ventricle for at least one cardiac cycle with a predefined delay after detection of an atrial activity or to not stimulate the ventricle for at least one cardiac cycle.