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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 12, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 27, 2014
Applicant:
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/365 (2006.01); A61N 1/362 (2006.01); A61N 1/368 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/36585 (2013.01); A61N 1/368 (2013.01); A61N 1/3622 (2013.01);
Abstract
An implantable medical device operates to promote intrinsic ventricular depolarization according to a pacing protocol. When a cardiac rate exceeds a predetermined threshold, the implantable medical device modifies the pacing protocol parameters to promote AV synchrony.