Atrial defibrillation system having patient selectable atrial fibrillation detection

Patent 5999851 Issued on December 7, 1999. Estimated Expiration Date:

April 15, 2018. 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.

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Inventor

White, Harley G.

Application

No. 060723 filed on 04/15/1998

US Classes:

607/5Cardioverting/defibrillating

Examiners

Primary: Kamm, William E.
Assistant: Layno, Carl H.

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Foley & Lardner

International Class

A61N 001/39

Abstract

An atrial defibrillation system includes an implantable atrial defibrillator having an atrial defibrillation detector for detecting atrial fibrillation and a cardioverter for cardioverting the atria of a heart. The implantable atrial defibrillator further includes a receiver for receiving commands from an external nonimplanted transmitter. A nonimplantable communication device includes a transmitter for transmitting a command to the receiver. The command causes only the atrial fibrillation detector to be activated resulting only in the detection for atrial fibrillation without committing to atrial fibrillation cardioversion should atrial fibrillation be detected.