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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2007
Rodney W. Salo, Fridley, MN (US);
Julio C. Spinelli, Shoreview, MN (US);
Bruce H. Kenknight, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Rodney W. Salo, Fridley, MN (US);
Julio C. Spinelli, Shoreview, MN (US);
Bruce H. KenKnight, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
A cardiac electro-stimulatory device and method for operating same in which stimulation pulses are distributed among a plurality of electrodes fixed at different sites of the myocardium in order to reduce myocardial hypertrophy brought about by repeated pacing at a single site and/or increase myocardial contractility. In order to spatially and temporally distribute the stimulation, the pulses are delivered through a switchable pulse output configuration during a single cardiac cycle, with each configuration comprising one or more electrodes fixed to different sites in the myocardium.