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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 12, 2012
Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Qingsheng Zhu, Wexford, PA (US);
Daniel Felipe Ortega, Buenos Aires, AR;
Julio Cesar Spinelli, Shoreview, MN (US);
Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
Various embodiments of the present invention are directed to systems, methods and devices for cardiac applications including those relating to pacing devices. One such device is directed to a cardiac rhythm therapy (CRT) device designed for dual chamber pacing using two pacing signals each having a positive and negative component that has been modified for single chamber pacing. The device comprises a first output that connects to a pacing lead; a second output that connects to the pacing lead; a third output that connects to a reference point; and electrical circuitry connecting the second electrical connection to the first output, the third electrical connection to the second output, and the first and fourth electrical connections to the third output.