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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2013
Applicant:
Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Inventors:
Barun Maskara, Blaine, MN (US);
Robert Shipley, Austin, TX (US);
Stephen B. Ruble, Lino Lakes, MN (US);
Assignee:
Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/37 (2006.01); A61B 5/0452 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61N 1/362 (2006.01); A61N 1/368 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/3712 (2013.01); A61B 5/0452 (2013.01); A61B 5/4035 (2013.01); A61N 1/3702 (2013.01); A61N 1/362 (2013.01); A61N 1/3682 (2013.01);
Abstract
An autonomic status indicator representative of a sympathetic/parasympathetic balance of a subject can use atrioventricular (AV) delays measured during recovery from (or in response to) elevated atrial pacing while the subject is at rest.