Implantable heart treatment systems, devices, and methods
AssigneeElwha LLC
InventorsRoderick A. Hyde, Edward K.Y. Jung, Eric C. Leuthardt, Gary L. McKnight, Lowell L. Wood, Jr.
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Abstract
Treatment of cardiac tissue via an implantable heart treatment device is described. A device embodiment includes, but is not limited to, a substrate configured for implantation within a body; an electromagnetic signal generator coupled to the substrate and configured to generate one or more electric signals configured to stimulate one or more tissues of a heart within the body; and an energy-carrier molecule delivery device coupled to the substrate and configured to supply one or more non-oxygen cellular energy sources to one or more tissues of the heart within the body.
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A method of treating a heart with an implanted heart treatment device, comprising:
- generating, via a heart treatment device implanted within a body of a biological subject, one or more electric signals configured to stimulate one or more tissues of a heart within a body during a fibrillation event of the heart;
- administering the one or more electric signals to the one or more tissues of the heart;
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- delivering, via the heart treatment device, one or more non-oxygen cellular energy sources to one or more tissues of the heart, after the fibrillation event has proceeded for a duration sufficient to exhaust the myoglobin-based oxygen of the heart.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.