摘要:
An implantable medical device can include a therapy circuit coupled to a therapy delivery terminal, the therapy circuit configured to generate a specified electrostimulation therapy for delivery to a tissue site via the therapy delivery terminal, and a measurement circuit for measuring at least two impedances of a first terminal combination including the therapy delivery terminal, the two impedances corresponding to at least two instances of excitation separated enough in time to capture an impedance artifact due at least in part to a motion of the heart, such as to determine an electrostimulation therapy lead status at least in part using the at least two impedances.
摘要:
An implantable medical device can include a hermetically-sealed implantable housing, an exposed first conductor located on or near the housing, and at least one insulated second conductor located near the exposed first conductor. In an example, the implantable medical device can include an isolation test circuit to provide a test stimulus to the exposed first conductor and configured to measure a portion of the test stimulus coupled to the second conductor.
摘要:
An atrial defibrillator applies cardioverting electrical energy to the atria of a human heart in need of cardioversion. The defibrillator includes an electrode pair and a sense amplifier associated with the atria of the heart for sensing electrical activity of the heart during a plurality of cardiac cycles to provide a cardiac signal. A detector is responsive to the cardiac signal for detecting cardiac events. During each cardiac cycle of the plurality of cardiac cycles, a time for counting is established wherein each time for counting has a total duration less than the duration of its corresponding cardiac cycle. A counter counts the cardiac events detected by the detector during the time for counting of the plurality of cardiac cycles to provide a cardiac event count. A comparator compares the cardiac event count to a predetermined cardiac event count. If the cardiac event count is greater than the predetermined cardiac event count, the atria are deemed to be in fibrillation and a cardiovertor applies cardioverting electrical energy to the atria to cardiovert the detected atrial fibrillation.
摘要:
An implantable automatic atrial defibrillator powered by a depletable battery power source conserves battery power for extending the predicted life of the defibrillator by intermittently detecting for atrial fibrillation. The atrial defibrillator includes a real time clock which, at spaced apart predetermined times, causes heart activity data to be stored in a memory. Thereafter, a normally deactivated atrial fibrillation detector is activated for processing the stored data to detect for atrial fibrillation.
摘要:
A pulse generator for use in implantable atrial defibrillator provides cardiovertinq electrical energy to the atria of a heart through at least one lead having a pair of electrodes associated with the atria of the heart. The pulse generator includes a depletable, low voltage, power source such as a battery. A charging circuit coupled to the battery includes a flyback transformer for converting the battery voltage to low duty cycle pulsating high voltage electrical energy to store the high voltage electrical energy in a storage capacitor coupled to the charging circuit. A crosspoint switch selectively couples the storage capacitor to the electrodes for applying a portion of the stored electrical energy to the atria of the heart for cardioverting the atria of the heart.