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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 1998
Filed:
May. 02, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Tibor A Nappholz, Englewood, CO (US);
Saul E Greenhut, Aurora, CO (US);
Chih-ming James Chiang, Chandler, AZ (US);
Assignee:
Pacesetter, Inc., Sylmar, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
607 17 ; 607 20 ; 607 28 ;
Abstract
A rate responsive pacemaker includes a noise sensor for sensing noise on the leads. If noise is detected, the pacemaker switches to a mode wherein a metabolic demand parameter is ignored. The noise is preferably detected by using test signals which are also used to measure the metabolic demand parameter.