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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 19, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 29, 2009
Applicants:
Todd J. Sheldon, North Oaks, MN (US);
Harold Toby Markowitz, Roseville, MN (US);
Inventors:
Todd J. Sheldon, North Oaks, MN (US);
Harold Toby Markowitz, Roseville, MN (US);
Assignee:
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/368 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An implantable medical device and associated method provide atrial pacing and measure intervals between atrial pacing pulses and subsequently sensed ventricular events. A decreasing trend in the intervals indicative of a pre-junctional rhythm is detected. The atrial pacing pulse is delivered at a shortened atrial pacing pulse interval in response to detecting the decreasing trend to reduce the likelihood of a junctional rhythm.