METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR TISSUE ACTIVATION AND MONITORING
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    发明公开
    METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR TISSUE ACTIVATION AND MONITORING 审中-公开
    方法和设备组织活化及监测

    公开(公告)号:EP1799101A4

    公开(公告)日:2008-11-19

    申请号:EP05813107

    申请日:2005-09-01

    发明人: ZDEBLICK MARK

    摘要: Techniques for controlling one or more modular circuits ('satellites') that are intended for placement in a subject's body. The one or more satellites are controlled by sending signals over a bus that includes first and second conduction paths. Also coupled to the bus in system embodiments is a device such as a pacemaker that provides power and includes control circuitry. Each satellite includes satellite circuitry and one or more effectors that interact with the tissue. The satellite circuitry is coupled to the bus, and thus interfaces the controller to the one or more effectors, which may function as actuators, sensors, or both. The effectors may be electrodes that are used to introduce analog electrical signals (e.g., one or more pacing pulses) into the tissue in the local areas where the electrodes are positioned (e.g., heart muscles) or to sense analog signals (e.g., a propagating depolarization signal) within the tissue.