Medical device and method for evaluating data for defects in an electrode lead
AssigneeBIOTRONIK SE & Co. KG
InventorsRENE FISCHER, ULRICH BUSCH, SABRINA BAUDITZ, ANDREAS NEUMANN, PETER WOHLGEMUTH
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Abstract
A medical device has at least one electrode lead with at least one electrode pole that is configured to measure electrical potentials in human or animal tissue, and a measurement and control unit that is connected to the electrode lead. The measurement and control unit is configured to initiate measurements of the impedance via the electrode pole of the electrode lead. The measurements of the impedance have at least one individual measurement, an individual measurement occurring over a defined window of time.
Claims15
A medical device, comprising:
- at least one electrode lead having at least one electrode pole, said electrode lead configured to measure electrical potentials in human or animal tissue;
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- a measurement and control unit connected to said electrode lead, said measurement and control unit configured to initiate measurements of impedance via said electrode pole of said electrode lead, the measurements of impedance have a plurality of individual measurements, and one individual measurement occurs over a defined window of time, and changes in impedance above a specific slew rate are detected and evaluated.
A method for evaluating impedance values for defects in an electrode lead, which comprises the steps of:
- measuring an impedance using an electrode pole of the electrode lead;
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- evaluating measured impedance values for defects in the electrode lead, wherein measurements of the impedance have at least one individual measurement, and the one individual measurement occurs across a defined window of time.
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