Accordingly, since reoperation surgery to correct a defect in pacemaker installation would be traumatic to the patient, potentially affect the reputation of the implanting physician, and possibly the perception of device quality, it would be quite helpful if the device would yield, during the implant...
In a system that includes a ventricular pacemaker, the system adjusts an atrioventricular delay to synchronize the onset of isovolumetric contraction with the completion of ventricu
FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram illustrating a patient10with an implantable medical device (IMD)12. In FIG. 1, IMD12is a device that monitors or provides therapy to the heart of patient10, such as a pacemaker or a defibrillator. The invention may also be practiced with other implantable med...
33. The method of claim 24, wherein a memory of the medical device system stores a lookup table that maps posture states and timings of the postures states with therapy parameters, wherein delivering therapy to the patient according to the new set of therapy parameters upon detecting the parti...
Numerous pacemaker features and functions not explicitly mentioned herein may be incorporated into IMD 10 while remaining within the scope of the present invention. The present invention is not limited in scope to single-sensor or dual-sensor pacemakers, and is not limited to IMDs comprising ...
therapy delivered according to the stimulation parameters defined by the nodes in treating pain exceeds a threshold level; selecting one of the nodes in the program path; and delivering the stimulation therapy to a patient based on the parameters defined by the selected node to treat patient pain...