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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 1997
Filed:
Jun. 20, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Tuan Bui, Highlands Ranch, NZ;
Gordon Jacobs, Norristown, PA (US);
Stuart McConchie, Parker, CO (US);
Thomas Fitzgerald, Morrison, CO (US);
Valerie Chekanov, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Assignee:
Telectronics Pacing Systems, Inc., Englewood, CO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
600 16 ;
Abstract
A pacemaker or similar cardiac and cardiomyoplasty muscle stimulator is provided which during a training period of said muscle, defining alternating training and augmentation phases. During training phases training pulses are provided for the muscle until the muscle is capable of performing cardiac assistance for relatively extended time periods. During the augmentation phases, augmentation pulses are applied to the muscle to provide cardiac assistance even with a muscle with no, or limited training.