Method and apparatus for alleviating cardioversion shock pain by delivering a bolus of analgesic
August 29, 2017. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.Patent ReferencesDefibrillator Myocardial iontophoresis Drug or steroid releasing patch electrode for an implantable arrhythmia treatment system Antiarrhythmia pacer using antiarrhythmia pacing and autonomic nerve stimulation therapy Implantable pharmacological defibrillator with automatic recognition of ventricular fibrillation Interactive external defibrillation and drug injection system Method and apparatus for treatment of atrial fibrillation Method and apparatus for alleviating cardioversion shock pain Method for pain therapy and/or for influencing the vegetative nervous system Neuro-stimulation to control pain during cardioversion defibrillation Patent #: 5792187 InventorsAssigneeApplicationNo. 920645 filed on 08/29/1997US Classes:607/5Cardioverting/defibrillatingExaminersPrimary: Lateef, Marvin M.Assistant: Layno, Carl H. Attorney, Agent or FirmInternational ClassA61N 001/39AbstractAn implantable cardioverter for providing cardioversion electrical energy to at least one chamber of a patient's heart in need of cardioversion and applying a pain alleviating therapy at an appropriate site in the patient's body prior to or in conjunction with the delivery of the cardioversion energy to the heart chamber to alleviate propagated pain perceived by the patient. The combined cardioversion and pain alleviating therapies are preferably realized in a single implantable, multiprogrammable medical device or separate implantable cardioversion and pain control devices with means for communicating operating and status commands between the devices through the patient's body. | |
