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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. 28, 1998
Filed:
Mar. 28, 1996
Paul van Lake, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
David W Adinolfi, Valencia, CA (US);
Pacesetter, Inc., Sylmar, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus are provided for storing intracardiac electrogram (IEGM) and other cardiac data in an implantable cardiac device. When a physician wishes to create a cardiac data record containing the IEGM and other cardiac data, the physician directs the cardiac device to store the data on demand. A number of cardiac data records can be stored. Data records may also be stored after a delay period following a predetermined cardiac event. When the implantable cardiac device detects the predetermined cardiac event, the delay period begins. At the expiration of the delay period, the implantable cardiac device stores a cardiac data record. Cardiac data records can also be stored according to a predetermined schedule.