Implantable atrial defibrillator providing reduced cardioversion discomfort
AssigneeInControl, Inc.
InventorsGregory M. Ayers, Darrell O. Wagner
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Abstract
An implantable atrial cardiovertor applies cardioverting electrical energy to atria of a heart with reduced discomfort to a patient. The cardiovertor includes a storage capacitor having a capacitance and a discharge control for controlling discharge of the storage capacitor to apply the cardioverting electrical energy to the atria of the heart. The discharge control causes the applied cardioverting electrical energy to have a biphasic waveform having a first phase and a second phase of opposite polarity and equal time duration. The time durations of the first and second phases are each greater than four milliseconds, and the capacitance of the storage capacitor is greater than or equal to 120 .mu.F.
Claims7
An implantable atrial cardioverter for applying cardioverting electrical energy to atria of a heart, said cardioverter including at least one lead having an electrode adapted to be in electrical contact with an atrium of the heart, a storage capacitor for storing electrical energy and a discharge control for controlling discharge of the storage capacitor to apply the cardioverting energy to the electrode adapted to be in electrical contact with the atrium of the heart, said storage capacitor having a capacitance greater than or equal to 120 .mu.F and said discharge control causing said storage capacitor to be discharged for a discharge time greater than eight milliseconds.
An implantable atrial cardioverter for applying cadioverting electrical energy to atria of a heart, said cardioverter including at least one lead having an electrode adapted to be in electrical contact with an atrium of the heart, a storage capacitor having a capacitance and a discharge control for controlling discharge of the storage capacitor to apply the cardioverting electrical energy to the electrode adapted to be in electrical contact with the atrium of the heart, said discharge control including means for causing the applied cardioverting electrical energy to have a biphasic waveform, said biphasic waveform having a first phase having a polarity and a second phase having a polarity, wherein the polarity of the first phase is opposite the polarity of the second phase, wherein each said first and second phases has a time duration, wherein the time durations of the first and second phases are equal, and wherein the time durations of each of the first and second phases is six milliseconds, and said capacitance of said storage capacitor being 160 .mu.F.
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