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Externally controlled and powered cardiac stimulating apparatus
Assignee: Medtronic Inc
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Filing: 1977-10-17
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Granted: 1979-09-04
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Expires: 1997-10-17
Abstract
Abstract Cardiac stimulating apparatus comprising a first external unit for transmitting electromagnetic energy within the patient's body to be received by a second, surgically implanted unit within the patient's body and adapted to be solely powered by the transmitted electromagnetic energy. The first external unit transmits a power signal and a control signal, the power signal comprising a first pulse for energizing the second internal unit, and the control signal for controlling the internal unit to pace the patient's heart in a variety of modes, e.g., atrial, ventricular and atrial/ventricular sequential pacing.
Inventors
- 👤 Robert A. Neumann
Bibliographic Details
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2026-11-03 14:25
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61N; A61N1/00; A61N1/18; A61N1/32; A61N1/36; A61N1/362; A61N1/37; A61N1/3706; A61B; A61B5/00; A61B5/0002; A61B5/0031; A61B5/72; A61B5/7203; A61N1/3625
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim
178 words
Cardiac stimulating apparatus for applying stimulating signals to the atria and ventricles of a patient's heart, said cardiac stimulating apparatus comprising: a. a first unit disposed externally of the patient's body and including generator means for controlling the generation and transmission of a first power signal and a second control signal in the form of electromagnetic energy into the patient's body and disposed in a timed relation to the first power signal; and b. a second unit adapted to be surgically implanted within the patient's body, said second unit including first means responsive to the transmitted first power signal for providing the sole energization of said second unit, and second means for respectively applying the first and second stimulating signals to the atria and ventricles of the patient's heart, said second means includes decoding means responsive to the transmitted second control signal for initiating the operation of and energizing of said second means and controlling the selective application of one of the first and second stimulating signals in accordance with the timed relation of the second control signal.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
178 words
Cardiac stimulating apparatus for applying stimulating signals to the atria and ventricles of a patient's heart, said cardiac stimulating apparatus comprising: a. a first unit disposed externally of the patient's body and including generator means for controlling the generation and transmission of a first power signal and a second control signal in the form of electromagnetic energy into the patient's body and disposed in a timed relation to the first power signal; and b. a second unit adapted to be surgically implanted within the patient's body, said second unit including first means responsive to the transmitted first power signal for providing the sole energization of said second unit, and second means for respectively applying the first and second stimulating signals to the atria and ventricles of the patient's heart, said second means includes decoding means responsive to the transmitted second control signal for initiating the operation of and energizing of said second means and controlling the selective application of one of the first and second stimulating signals in accordance with the timed relation of the second control signal.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
63 words
Cardiac stimulating apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein said generator means generates the first power signal in the form of a first pulse-like signal having a first relatively long pulse width and the second control signal in the form of first and second pulse-like command signals in first and second sequential time slots following the first pulse-like signal in the timed relation.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
83 words
Cardiac stimulating apparatus as claimed in claim 2, wherein said decoding means comprises means responsive to the trailing edge of the first pulse-like signals for setting first and second timing windows corresponding to the predetermined transmission of the first and second pulse-like signals, and means responsive to receipt of the first and second pulse-like command signals within the corresponding first and second timing windows for applying selectively the first and second stimulating signals to the atria and ventricles of the patient's heart, respectively.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
162 words
Cardiac pacemaker apparatus comprising: a. a first unit disposed externally of the patient's body and including generator means for transmitting electro-magnetic energy within the patient's body and including a first power signal and a second control signal, said generator means generates the first power signal in the form of a first pulse-like signal having a first relatively long pulse width, and the second control signal in the form of first and second pulse-like signals in first and second sequential time slots following the first pulse-like signals; and b. a second unit adapted to be surgically implanted within the patient's body and comprising first and second electrodes coupled to stimulate different first and second portions of the patient's heart, said second unit including first means responsive solely to the first power signal for providing the sole energization of said second unit, and second means responsive to the command signal for applying selectively first and second stimulating pulses to said first and second electrodes.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
162 words
Cardiac pacemaker apparatus comprising: a. a first unit disposed externally of the patient's body and including generator means for transmitting electro-magnetic energy within the patient's body and including a first power signal and a second control signal, said generator means generates the first power signal in the form of a first pulse-like signal having a first relatively long pulse width, and the second control signal in the form of first and second pulse-like signals in first and second sequential time slots following the first pulse-like signals; and b. a second unit adapted to be surgically implanted within the patient's body and comprising first and second electrodes coupled to stimulate different first and second portions of the patient's heart, said second unit including first means responsive solely to the first power signal for providing the sole energization of said second unit, and second means responsive to the command signal for applying selectively first and second stimulating pulses to said first and second electrodes.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
67 words
Cardiac pacemaker apparatus as claimed in claim 4, wherein said second unit comprises decoding means including means responsive to the trailing edge of the first pulse-like signal for establishing first and second timing windows corresponding to the predetermined transmission of the first and second pulse-like signals within the corresponding first and second timing windows for applying selectively the first and second stimulating pulses to the patient's heart.
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