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Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 2011

Filed:

Apr. 30, 2007
Applicants:

Yong K. Cho, Maple Grove, MN (US);

Teresa A. Whitman, Dayton, MN (US);

Mark L. Brown, North Oaks, MN (US);

Scott W. Davie, St. Paul, MN (US);

Karen J. Kleckner, New Brighton, MN (US);

Charles R. Gordon, Phoenix, AZ (US);

Inventors:

Yong K. Cho, Maple Grove, MN (US);

Teresa A. Whitman, Dayton, MN (US);

Mark L. Brown, North Oaks, MN (US);

Scott W. Davie, St. Paul, MN (US);

Karen J. Kleckner, New Brighton, MN (US);

Charles R. Gordon, Phoenix, AZ (US);

Assignee:

Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/0452 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Method and apparatus for sensing improvement using pressure data. The method and apparatus may be used in an implantable medical device to confirm that an EGM event signifies a true mechanical cardiac activity and not just electrical oversensing. The mechanical activity may be used to create a mechanical marker channel in the implantable medical device.


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