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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 27, 2010
Yong-fu Xiao, Blaine, MN (US);
John L. Sommer, Coon Rapids, MN (US);
Scott J. Brabec, Elk River, MN (US);
Lepeng Zeng, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Jon F. Urban, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Yong-Fu Xiao, Blaine, MN (US);
John L. Sommer, Coon Rapids, MN (US);
Scott J. Brabec, Elk River, MN (US);
Lepeng Zeng, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Jon F. Urban, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
Various techniques for delivering atrial pacing and supraventricular stimulation to achieve a desired ventricular rate and/or cardiac output are described. One example method described includes delivering a pacing signal configured to cause an atrial depolarization to a heart of a patient, wherein the atrial depolarization results in an associated refractory period during the cardiac cycle, and delivering a signal to a supraventricular portion of the heart of the patient subsequent to the atrial refractory period and during a ventricular refractory period of the cardiac cycle.