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Cardiac pacemaker
Assignee: Siemens AG
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Filing: 1978-12-19
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Granted: 1980-05-13
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Expires: 1998-12-19
Abstract
Abstract A cardiac pacemaker includes means for conforming the stimulation frequency to the bodily stressing conditions of the wearer of the pacemaker in using a blood parameter as measuring value for the influencing of the frequency of stimulation. A measuring probe is implanted in the heart of the wearer of the pacemaker for measuring the oxygen saturation of the blood. The measuring value thereby resulting serves as measuring parameter for the influencing of the frequency of stimulation.
Inventors
- 👤 Alexander Wirtzfeld
- 👤 Thomas Bock
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-23 13:54
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61B; A61B5/00; A61B5/02; A61B5/024; A61B5/02416; A61B5/02427; A61B5/02433; A61B5/145; A61B5/1455; A61B5/1459; A61N; A61N1/00; A61N1/18; A61N1/32; A61N1/36; A61N1/362; A61N1/365; A61N1/36514; A61N1/36557
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
79 words
A cardiac pacemaker including means for conforming the stimulation frequency to the bodily stressing conditions of the wearer of the pacemaker in using a blood parameter as measuring value for the influencing of the frequency of stimulation, said cardiac pacemaker comprising a measuring pole implanted in the heart of the wearer of the pacemaker for measuring the oxygen saturation of the blood, the measuring value thereby resulting serving as measuring parameter for the influencing of the frequency of stimulation.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
79 words
A cardiac pacemaker including means for conforming the stimulation frequency to the bodily stressing conditions of the wearer of the pacemaker in using a blood parameter as measuring value for the influencing of the frequency of stimulation, said cardiac pacemaker comprising a measuring pole implanted in the heart of the wearer of the pacemaker for measuring the oxygen saturation of the blood, the measuring value thereby resulting serving as measuring parameter for the influencing of the frequency of stimulation.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
29 words
A cardiac pacemaker according to claim 1, wherein the means for conforming the stimulation frequency to the bodily stressing conditions is a control circuit with a desired-actual value comparison.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
45 words
A cardiac pacemaker according to claim 1, wherein the measuring probe operates on the principle of in vivo reflexion oximetry known per se and light sources having a measuring wavelength of about 660 nm and an additional reference wavelength of about 805 nm are provided.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
29 words
A cardiac pacemaker according to claim 1, wherein means are provided which permit the oxygen saturation measurement only for a short period of time and in predetermined measuring intervals.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
26 words
A cardiac pacemaker according to claim 4, wherein means are provided which vary the measuring intervals automatically dependent on the gradient of the blood oxygen saturation.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
46 words
A cardiac pacemaker according to claim 1, wherein means are provided which permit a correlation of the desired value of oxygen saturation as well as the control characteristic of the control for the frequency of stimulation to the individual requirements of the wearer of the pacemaker.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
27 words
A cardiac pacemaker according to claim 1, wherein the measuring probe and the stimulation electrode are defined by discrete catheters and are implantable separate from one another.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
21 words
A cardiac pacemaker according to claim 1, wherein the measuring probe and the stimulation electrode are integrated in a single catheter.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
26 words
A cardiac pacemaker according to claim 8, wherein the radiation conducted in the light conductor is capable of being coupled in and out via a prism.
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