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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 03, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 14, 2008
Joseph M. Pastore, Mentor, OH (US);
Julio C. Spinelli, Shoreview, MN (US);
Frits W. Prinzen, Maastricht, NL;
Richard N. Cornelussen, Maastricht, NL;
Ward Y. Vanagt, Maastricht, NL;
Joseph M. Pastore, Mentor, OH (US);
Julio C. Spinelli, Shoreview, MN (US);
Frits W. Prinzen, Maastricht, NL;
Richard N. Cornelussen, Maastricht, NL;
Ward Y. Vanagt, Maastricht, NL;
Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
A device and method for delivering electrical stimulation to the heart in a manner which provides a protective effect is disclosed. The protective effect is produced by configuring a cardiac pacing device to intermittently switch from a normal operating mode to a stress augmentation mode in which the spatial pattern of depolarization is varied to thereby subject a particular region or regions of the ventricular myocardium to increased mechanical stress.