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US 6,556,872 B2Granted
Therapeutic device and method for treating diseases of cardiac muscle
AssigneeEV Vascular, Inc.
InventorJohn A. Hauck
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Abstract
An apparatus and method for conferring a therapeutic current on the heart and adjacent vasculature from externally positioned electrodes is provided. The apparatus includes a first electrode, a second electrode and a current generator. The method includes applying an electric stimulus to the heart and maintaining the timing and/or level of current to prevent unwanted depolarization.
Claims10
An apparatus for remodeling a heart, comprising:
- first and second electrodes adapted for placement on a patient;
- a current generator electrically coupled to the first and second electrodes to confer a sub-threshold, therapeutic, electrical stimulus on at least one of the patient's heart and adjacent vasculature;
- a controller in communication with said current generator;
- a sensor adapted for placement within the patient, said sensor being coupled to said controller that is in communication with the current generator, the sensor monitoring the field strength of said electrical stimulus in or near the heart generated between the first and second electrodes, said controller operative to maintain the sub-threshold therapeutic electrical stimulus from the current generator below a depolarization threshold of the patient's heart.
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