Non-committed defibrillation/cardioversion system

Details Non-committed defibrillation/cardioversion system Non-committed defibrillation/cardioversion system

A - Human Necessities

61

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A61N 1/39 (2006.01)

Patent

CA 2066843

An automatic implantable defibrillator/cardioverter having a non-committed defibrillation/cardioversion algorithm. The defibrillator/cardioverter includes an ECG amplifier with automatic gain control (AGC) which detects the electrical activity of the heart for analysis by a cardiac condition detector. Logic is provided which receives input from the ECG amplifier and the cardiac condition detector for analyzing the heart activity. The non-committed defibrillation algorithm sensing begins upon the determination of an arrhythmia. The capacitor is charged while the heart activity is simultaneously monitored. After the capacitor is charged, a check is made on the duration of the last detected R-R interval while so charging the capacitor, and a comparison is made between this R-R interval and a preset value. If the last R- R interval is greater than the preset value, a non-committing period is entered which lasts approximately 2 seconds. The purpose of the non-committing period is to allow detection to monitor the arrhythmia further before making the decision to discharge the capacitor or dump the charge internally. If any R-R interval detected during this interval is less than PCLL, this indicates that the arrhythmia has not reverted and the capacitor charge is delivered to the patients, synchronously with the second R-wave of the fast R-R interval. If no ,rapid interval is detected during this time, a post intervention (PI) monitoring routine is entered at the end of the non-committing period to further monitor cardiac activity and shock if necessary.

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