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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:
Jan. 05, 2010
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2006
Applicants:
Yunlong Zhang, Mounds View, MN (US);
Mark Schwartz, White Bear Lake, MN (US);
Inventors:
Yunlong Zhang, Mounds View, MN (US);
Mark Schwartz, White Bear Lake, MN (US);
Assignee:
Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/39 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Systems and methods include sensing whether a shock to a heart is needed, and prior to delivering the shock, causing at least a partial contraction of a musculature in a chest, and delivering the shock while the musculature is at least partially contracted to reduce the pain of shock therapy.