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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 24, 2008
Applicants:
Paul A. Belk, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Charles D. Swerdlow, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Linda L. Ruetz, New Brighton, MN (US);
Inventors:
Paul A. Belk, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Charles D. Swerdlow, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Linda L. Ruetz, New Brighton, MN (US);
Assignees:
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Imperception, Inc., Los Angeles, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/365 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and apparatus sense a cardiac electrical signal and determine a signal quality parameter of the cardiac electrical signal. A number of shock pulses to be delivered to a patient's heart is determined in response to the signal quality parameter. Each of the shock pulses are scheduled to be delivered at a unique offset from a T-wave shock interval in one embodiment of the invention.