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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 05, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 04, 2012
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Laurent Giovangrandi, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Burak Dura, Cambridge, MA (US);
Michael Q. Chen, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Omer T. Inan, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Paul J. Wang, Stanford, CA (US);
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University, Stanford, CA (US);
Abstract
Certain embodiments of the present disclosure are directed toward devices, methods and systems for controlling depolarization in cardiac cells. One such device includes one or more circuits that are configured and arranged to generate an electrical stimulus at a high frequency. The circuit is configured to provide electrical stimulus over a period of time sufficient to depolarize the cardiac cells. An electrode arrangement is configured and arranged to deliver the high frequency electrical stimulus to cardiac cells and depolarize the cardiac cells.