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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 11, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 07, 2005
Applicants:
Rajan Prakash, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Edward Chinchoy, Golden Valley, MN (US);
Thomas J. Mullen, Andover, MN (US);
Inventors:
Rajan Prakash, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Edward Chinchoy, Golden Valley, MN (US);
Thomas J. Mullen, Andover, MN (US);
Assignee:
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/368 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for use in an implantable medical device, comprising: sensing a signal corresponding to ventricular wall acceleration; and determining a metric of atrial function using the ventricular wall acceleration signal. The method includes sensing the ventricular wall acceleration signal during at least during a sensing window corresponding to a ventricular filling phase.