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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 26, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 06, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Paul Albrecht, Bedford, MA (US);
Jeffrey M. Arnold, Wellesley, MA (US);
Assignee:
Cambridge Heart, Inc., Bedford, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/362 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/362 ;
Abstract
Heart function is improved by inducing heart rate variability through cardiac pacing. Electrical pacing signals are generated and applyied to a heart to improve heart function. The pacing signals are controlled to vary a heart rate during periods of less than five minutes in duration to induce beneficial heart rate variability.