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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 09, 2010
Filed:
May. 23, 2005
Applicants:
Angelo Auricchio, Magdeburg, DE;
Julio C. Spinelli, Shoreview, MN (US);
Andrew P. Kramer, Stillwater, MN (US);
Inventors:
Angelo Auricchio, Magdeburg, DE;
Julio C. Spinelli, Shoreview, MN (US);
Andrew P. Kramer, Stillwater, MN (US);
Assignee:
Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A cardiac rhythm management device in which amplitudes of electrograms from one or more cardiac sites are measured in order to ascertain the extent of hypertrophy. The device may then pace the heart by delivering pacing therapy in a manner that unloads the hypertrophied myocardium to effect reversal of undesirable remodeling.