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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2010
Jeffrey E. Stahmann, Ramsey, MN (US);
Michael A. Querimit, Fridley, MN (US);
Donald L. Hopper, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Brian Ralph Larson, Shoreview, MN (US);
Paul F. Emerson, St. Louis Park, MN (US);
Daniel O'brien, St. Paul, MN (US);
Jeffrey E. Stahmann, Ramsey, MN (US);
Michael A. Querimit, Fridley, MN (US);
Donald L. Hopper, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Brian Ralph Larson, Shoreview, MN (US);
Paul F. Emerson, St. Louis Park, MN (US);
Daniel O'Brien, St. Paul, MN (US);
Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
A rate-adaptive pacemaker and a method for its operation in which the response factor for a minute ventilation sensor or other type of exertion level sensor is automatically set during a parameter adjustment mode that utilizes an activity level measurement to determine when the patient is at a target activity level with which is associated an appropriate target pacing rate. In a preferred embodiment, the target activity level corresponds to casual walking (e.g., 2 mph at a 4% grade) with a target pacing rate selected as appropriate for that level of activity in the individual patient.