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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:
Jul. 02, 1996
Filed:
Jul. 15, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
Benjamin D Pless, Atherton, CA (US);
Assignee:
Ventritex, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
607-5 ;
Abstract
A programmable implantable medical device utilizable for delivering a configurable defibrillation waveform to a patient's heart. The device includes defibrillation electrode means adapted to be connected to the heart for delivering a multiphasic defibrillation waveform thereto. A programmable waveform generator connected to the heart generates the biphasic waveform such that the first phase of the defibrillation waveform has programmed tilt and the second phase has a duration which is a function of the duration of the first phase.