Implantable assembly for stimulating a human or animal heart

A computer program product including computer-readable code, which prompts a processor to carry out the following steps when the code is being executed on the processor:

• a) detecting by way of a detection unit whether a tachycardia is present in a human heart or an animal heart;
• and
• b) when a tachycardia is present, carrying out a His bundle stimulation by way of a stimulation unit using at least one stimulation pulse having an amplitude in a range of 7.5 V to 30 V, and having a pulse width in a range of 1 ms to 15 ms,
• wherein the program prompts the processor to classify a detected tachycardia into one of at least two classes.

A method for treating a human patient or an animal patient requiring such treatment, using an implantable system for stimulating the heart of the patient, the system comprising a processor, a memory unit, a stimulation unit for stimulating the His bundle of the heart of the patient, and a detection unit for detecting an electrical signal of the heart of the patient, the method comprising the following steps:

• a) detecting by way of the detection unit whether a tachycardia is present in the heart of the patient;
• and
• b) when a tachycardia is present, carrying out a His bundle stimulation by way of the stimulation units using at least one stimulation pulse having an amplitude in a range of 7.5 V to 30 V, and having a pulse width in a range of 1 ms to 15 ms,
• wherein the program prompts the processor to classify a detected tachycardia into one of at least two classes.