Abstract:
An implantable medical device (IMD) system communicates to a user information regarding the surrounding biological environment and the influence of that surrounding biological environment on IMD functionality. This influence can be static or dynamic. Providing information on the biological environment can assist the user in determining therapy parameters for an individual patient with an IMD.
Abstract:
An implantable medical device (IMD) system communicates to a user information regarding the surrounding biological environment and the influence of that surrounding biological environment on IMD functionality. This influence can be static or dynamic. Providing information on the biological environment can assist the user in determining therapy parameters for an individual patient with an IMD.
Abstract:
Systems, devices and methods for determining sensing quality changes and drops in an implantable medical device, remotely and/or within the device itself. A cardiac implantable medical device tracks, over time, a number of counters, the contents of which are communicated to a processor which may be part of a remote monitoring device or which may be a customer service center that receives data from remote monitoring devices and/or programmers. Counter data is analyzed to identify changes in sensing quality and/or to provide information useful for clinical investigations, system integrity checking, or device reprogramming.
Abstract:
A method and system for discriminating ventricular arrhythmia is disclosed. In an embodiment, the method can include implementing an arrhythmia discrimination algorithm that can discriminate between supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) and ventricular tachycardia (VT) using at least one programmable parameter programmed to a first value. The method can include analyzing an SVT event, where analyzing the SVT event can include sensing a physiological signal during the SVT event and identifying characteristics of the sensed physiological signal. The method can further include analyzing a cardiac signal to classify the cardiac signal as either an SVT or a VT using the arrhythmia discrimination algorithm with the programmable parameter (programmed to a second value. The second value can be determined from the identified characteristics of the sensed physiological signal.
Abstract:
A method and system for discriminating ventricular arrhythmia is disclosed. In an embodiment, the method can include implementing an arrhythmia discrimination algorithm that can discriminate between supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) and ventricular tachycardia (VT) using at least one programmable parameter programmed to a first value. The method can include analyzing an SVT event, where analyzing the SVT event can include sensing a physiological signal during the SVT event and identifying characteristics of the sensed physiological signal. The method can further include analyzing a cardiac signal to classify the cardiac signal as either an SVT or a VT using the arrhythmia discrimination algorithm with the programmable parameter (programmed to a second value. The second value can be determined from the identified characteristics of the sensed physiological signal.