Pacing device with acoustic sensor
AssigneeZOLL Medical Corporation
InventorsShane S. Volpe, Gregory R. Frank, Thomas E. Kaib, Steven J. Szymkiewicz, Gary A. Freeman
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Abstract
In at least one example, a medical device is provided. The medical device includes at least one therapy electrode, at least one acoustic sensor, and at least one processor coupled with the at least one therapy electrode and the at least one acoustic sensor. The at least one processor is configured to deliver at least one pacing pulse via the at least one therapy electrode and to analyze processed acoustic data to determine whether the at least one pacing pulse resulted in capture.
Claims22
A wearable medical device comprising:
- therapy electrodes comprising at least one front therapy electrode configured for placement on a front of a body of a subject and at least one back therapy electrode configured for placement on a back of the body of the subject;
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- at least one processor coupled with the therapy electrodes and configured to:
- during a defibrillation mode, cause the at least one front therapy electrode to be anodic and the at least one back therapy electrode to be cathodic;
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- during a pacing mode, for at least one of a plurality of therapeutic phases of a pacing pulse, cause the at least one front therapy electrode to be cathodic and the at least one back therapy electrode to be anodic.
A wearable medical device comprising:
- therapy electrodes comprising at least one front therapy electrode configured for placement on a front of a body of a subject and at least one back therapy electrode configured for placement on a back of the body of the subject;
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- at least one processor coupled with the therapy electrodes and configured to:
- during a defibrillation mode, cause the therapy electrodes to deliver a defibrillation pulse to the body of the subject;
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- during a pacing mode, for at least one of a plurality of therapeutic phases of a pacing pulse, cause a change in a polarity of the at least one front therapy electrode from anodic to cathodic, and cause a change in a polarity of the at least one back therapy electrode from cathodic to anodic.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.