DEACTIVATION OF INTERMITTENT PACING THERAPY
First Claim
1. An apparatus comprising:
- at least one implantable cardiac depolarization sensing circuit configured to provide a sensed depolarization signal from a ventricle;
an electrical stimulation circuit configured to provide pacing electrical stimulation energy to at least one implantable electrode in the ventricle; and
a pacing mode controller communicatively coupled to the cardiac depolarization sensing circuit and the electrical stimulation circuit, wherein the pacing mode controller is configured to;
deliver pacing therapy according to a first mode, wherein the first mode is a normal operating mode;
deliver pacing therapy according to a second pacing mode, wherein the second pacing mode increases mechanical stress on at least a particular portion of the ventricle as compared to the pacing therapy delivered during the first pacing mode;
deliver pacing therapy according to a third pacing mode different from the second pacing mode, wherein the third pacing mode increases mechanical stress on at least a particular portion of the ventricle as compared to the pacing therapy delivered during the first pacing mode;
alternate between the second and third pacing modes when pacing is changed from the normal operating mode to a stress augmentation mode; and
suspend a change from the normal operating mode to the stress augmentation mode when a condition to prevent the change is detected.
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Abstract
This document discusses, among other things, an apparatus comprising an implantable cardiac depolarization sensing circuit, an electrical stimulation circuit, and a pacing mode controller. The pacing mode controller is configured to deliver pacing therapy according to a first pacing mode that is a normal operating mode, and to deliver pacing therapy according to second and third pacing modes. The second and third pacing modes increase mechanical stress on at least a particular portion of the ventricle as compared to the pacing therapy delivered during the first pacing mode. The pacing mode controller alternates between the second and third pacing modes when pacing is changed from the normal operating mode to a stress augmentation mode. The pacing mode controller suspends the change from the normal operating mode to the stress augmentation mode when a condition to prevent the change is detected.
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32 Claims
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1. An apparatus comprising:
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at least one implantable cardiac depolarization sensing circuit configured to provide a sensed depolarization signal from a ventricle; an electrical stimulation circuit configured to provide pacing electrical stimulation energy to at least one implantable electrode in the ventricle; and a pacing mode controller communicatively coupled to the cardiac depolarization sensing circuit and the electrical stimulation circuit, wherein the pacing mode controller is configured to; deliver pacing therapy according to a first mode, wherein the first mode is a normal operating mode; deliver pacing therapy according to a second pacing mode, wherein the second pacing mode increases mechanical stress on at least a particular portion of the ventricle as compared to the pacing therapy delivered during the first pacing mode; deliver pacing therapy according to a third pacing mode different from the second pacing mode, wherein the third pacing mode increases mechanical stress on at least a particular portion of the ventricle as compared to the pacing therapy delivered during the first pacing mode; alternate between the second and third pacing modes when pacing is changed from the normal operating mode to a stress augmentation mode; and suspend a change from the normal operating mode to the stress augmentation mode when a condition to prevent the change is detected. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method comprising:
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delivering pacing therapy according to a first pacing mode using an implantable device, wherein the first pacing mode is a normal operating mode; delivering pacing therapy according to a second pacing mode, wherein the second pacing mode increases mechanical stress on at least a particular portion of the ventricle as compared to the pacing therapy delivered during the first pacing mode; delivering pacing therapy according to a third pacing mode different from the second pacing mode, wherein the third pacing mode increases mechanical stress on at least a particular portion of the ventricle as compared to the pacing therapy delivered during the first pacing mode; alternating between the second and third pacing modes, when pacing is changed from the normal operating mode to a stress augmentation mode; and suspending a change to the stress augmentation mode when a condition to prevent the change is present. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A method comprising:
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delivering pacing therapy according to a first pacing mode using an implantable device, wherein the first pacing mode is a normal operating mode; determining if pacing according to a stress augmentation mode is scheduled, wherein the stress augmentation mode increases mechanical stress on at least a particular portion of the ventricle as compared to the pacing therapy delivered during the first pacing mode; rescheduling a change to the stress augmentation mode when a condition to prevent the change is present;
otherwise,delivering pacing therapy according to a second pacing mode while in the stress augmentation mode; delivering pacing therapy according to a third pacing mode different from the second pacing mode while in the stress augmentation mode; and alternating between the second and third pacing modes, when pacing is changed from the normal operating mode to the stress augmentation mode. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32)
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