AN ARRANGEMENT AND SYSTEM FOR ENABLING PATIENT CONTROL OF ELECTRICAL THERAPIES
    4.
    发明授权
    AN ARRANGEMENT AND SYSTEM FOR ENABLING PATIENT CONTROL OF ELECTRICAL THERAPIES 有权
    系统和设备使能电疗法的控制由病人

    公开(公告)号:EP1436044B1

    公开(公告)日:2005-05-18

    申请号:EP02776091.7

    申请日:2002-10-01

    申请人: Medtronic, Inc.

    IPC分类号: A61N1/372

    摘要: A patient-controlled system for temporarily disabling an electrical cardioverting therapy in order to prepare the patient psychologically and physiologically for the pain associated with electrical cardioversion therapy. In an example embodiment, the system includes a capacitive circuit capable of charging and discharging in order to apply the electrical therapy. The implanted medical device automatically causes the capacitive circuit to charge and discharge at least once within a selected period. The system includes a patient activator device that communicates with the implanted device. A disabling circuit is also included within the implanted medical device that temporarily disables the electrical therapy application in response to the patient activator device. The system further includes an alerting arrangement that alerts the patient activator device in response to the disabling circuit. An override circuit overrides the temporary disabling of the electrical therapy application in response to the patient being in a relaxed mode.

    A METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TREATING AN ATRIAL ARRHYTHMIA
    5.
    发明公开
    A METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TREATING AN ATRIAL ARRHYTHMIA 有权
    一种治疗心房心律失常的方法和系统

    公开(公告)号:EP1469898A1

    公开(公告)日:2004-10-27

    申请号:EP03707537.1

    申请日:2003-01-27

    申请人: Medtronic,Inc.

    IPC分类号: A61M5/142 G06F17/00 A61N1/05

    摘要: A method and system is provided for responding, from internally within a patient, to an atrial arrhythmia in a heart including measuring from within the patient at least one electrocardiogram characteristic indicative of the atrial arrhythmia, and controlling from within the patient drug therapy delivery to the patient responsive to measuring the at least one electrocardiogram characteristic. Drug therapy is initiated to the patient responsive to measuring the at least one electrocardiogram characteristic. According to one aspect of the present invention, the drug therapy is staged within the patient prior to measuring the at least one electrocardiogram characteristic. According to another example embodiment, the heart is paced from within the patient at a predefined rate responsive to measuring the at least one electrocardiogram characteristic, pacing occurring alone, or in combination with drug therapy.

    摘要翻译: 提供了一种方法和系统,用于从患者体内内部响应心脏中的心房心律不齐,包括从患者体内测量至少一个指示房性心律失常的心电图特征,并且从患者体内控制药物治疗递送至 患者响应于测量至少一个心电图特征。 响应于测量至少一个心电图特征而对患者开始药物治疗。 根据本发明的一个方面,在测量至少一个心电图特征之前,药物治疗在患者体内分阶段进行。 根据另一个示例实施例,响应于测量至少一个心电图特征,单独起搏或与药物治疗组合,以预定速率从患者体内起搏心脏。