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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 02, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Nissim Darvish, Haifa, IL;
Itzhak Shemer, Haifa, IL;
Assignee:
Impulse Dynamics N.V., Coracao, AN;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/362 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/362 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for stimulating cardiac tissue. Pacing pulses are applied to the heart at multiple sites in at least two different chambers of the heart; and an Excitable Tissue Control (ETC) signal is applied in a vicinity of one or more of the pacing sites following application of the pacing pulse at the site.