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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2011
Karin Järverud, Solna, SE;
Cecilia Emanuelsson, Märsta, SE;
Anders Björling, Solna, SE;
Kjell Noren, Solna, SE;
Karin Järverud, Solna, SE;
Cecilia Emanuelsson, Märsta, SE;
Anders Björling, Solna, SE;
Kjell Noren, Solna, SE;
St. Jude Medical, Atrial Fibrillation Division, Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
In response to local or systemic inflammation in a patient, photobiomodulation therapy is applied to a cardiac location to reduce the risk and/or occurrence of cardiac arrhythmia. Once inflammation is identified, photobiomodulation therapy can be applied in any suitable fashion (e.g., via a catheter- or transesophageal probe-mounted photoemitter, via an externally-applied photoemitter, or via photoemitter incorporated into an implantable medical device). Photobiomodulation therapy can also be employed to good advantage in conjunction with non-photobiomodulation therapy (e.g., traditional cardiac rhythm management therapies).