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US 2004/0167579 A1Published application
Method and apparatus for generation and selection of tachycardia therapy hierarchy
AssigneeMedtronic, Inc.
InventorsVinod Sharma, Paul J. Degroot
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for generating and selecting therapies, or hierarchies of therapies, that may be used to treat episodes of atrial or ventricular tachycardia. A characteristic of a detected tachycardia event is determined, and a hierarchy of therapies to treat the detected tachycardia event is selected in response to the determined characteristic.
Claims18
A method for providing therapy in an implantable medical device, comprising:
- detecting a tachycardia event;
- determining a characteristic of the detected tachycardia event;
- and
- selecting a hierarchy of therapies to treat the detected tachycardia event in response to the determined characteristic.
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An implantable medical device, comprising:
- a plurality of electrodes detecting a tachycardia event;
- a processor determining a characteristic of the detected tachycardia event and selecting a hierarchy of therapies to treat the detected tachycardia event in response to the determined characteristic.
A computer-readable medium comprising instructions for causing a programmable processor to:
- detect a tachycardia event;
- determine a characteristic of the detected tachycardia event;
- and
- select a hierarchy of therapies to treat the detected tachycardia event in response to the determined characteristic.
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An implantable medical device comprising:
- means for detecting a tachycardia event;
- means for determining a characteristic of the detected tachycardia event;
- and
- means for selecting a hierarchy of therapies to treat the detected tachycardia event in response to the determined characteristic.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.