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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 26, 2012
Applicant:
Pacesetter, Inc., Sylmar, CA (US);
Inventors:
Gene A. Bornzin, Simi Valley, CA (US);
Peter Boileau, Valencia, CA (US);
Jeffery D. Snell, Chatsworth, CA (US);
Assignee:
Pacesetter, Inc., Sylmar, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/362 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for operating an implantable medical device includes delivering a plurality of pacing pulses to an atria of a patient's heart and monitoring intrinsic atrial activity to detect intrinsic atrial contractions between one or more of the plurality of pacing pulses. The method further includes detecting atrial undersensing as a function of the detection of intrinsic atrial contractions.