SYSTEM FOR SPATIALLY AND TEMPORALLY DISTRIBUTING CARDIAC STIMULATION

Title:

SYSTEM FOR SPATIALLY AND TEMPORALLY DISTRIBUTING CARDIAC STIMULATION

Document Type and Number:

WIPO Patent Application WO2001076689

Kind Code:

A3

Abstract:

A cardiac electro-stimulatory device and method for operating same in which stimulation pulses are distributed among a plurality of electrodes fixed at different sites of the myocardium in order to reduce myocardial hypertrophy brought about by repeated pacing at a single site and/or increase myocardial contractility. In order to spatially and temporally distributes the stimulation, the pulses are delivered through a switchable pulse output configuration during a single cardiac cycle, with each configuration comprising one or more electrodes fixed to different sites in the myocardium.

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Inventors:

SALO RODNEY W
SPINELLI JULIO C
KENKNIGHT BRUCE H

Application Number:

PCT/US2001/040415

Publication Date:

April 11, 2002

Filing Date:

March 30, 2001

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Assignee:

CARDIAC PACEMAKERS INC (US)

International Classes:

A61N1/362; (IPC1-7): A61N1/362

Domestic Patent References:

WO2000009206A1

2000-02-24

Foreign References:

EP0522693A1	1993-01-13
US4549548A	1985-10-29
US5792203A	1998-08-11

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