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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 21, 2005
Filed:
Sep. 06, 2002
Applicants:
Mudit Jain, Woodbury, MN (US);
Qingsheng Zhu, Little Canada, MN (US);
Rodney W. Salo, Fridley, MN (US);
Inventors:
Mudit Jain, Woodbury, MN (US);
Qingsheng Zhu, Little Canada, MN (US);
Rodney W. Salo, Fridley, MN (US);
Assignee:
Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N001/05 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
For chronic monitoring of the effects of pacing and/or drug therapy in treating CHF, a strain gauge element is disposed at the distal end of a cardiac lead and is effective to produce a signal relating to the amount of flexure being induced into the lead by the beating action of the heart.