EXTERNAL CARDIAC STIMULATION PATCH
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1. A system for pacing a heart having a myocardium in a living body having a skin, the system comprising:
- a transcutaneous cardiac stimulation device including;
a pacing output circuit configured to produce pacing pulses suitable for capturing the heart by transcutaneous delivery; and
a pacing control circuit coupled to the pacing output circuit and configured to control the transcutaneous delivery of the pacing pulses;
a plurality of body-surface electrodes including a pacing electrode set electrically wired to the pacing output circuit, the pacing electrode set including at least two electrodes through which the pacing pulses are transcutaneously delivered to the heart; and
a skin patch integrated with the transcutaneous cardiac stimulation device and the plurality of body-surface electrodes, the skin patch configured to be attached onto the skin such that electrical contacts between the pacing electrode set and the body allow for effective transcutaneous delivery of the pacing pulses to the heart.
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An external cardiac stimulation patch integrates a transcutaneous cardiac stimulation device and body-surface electrodes with a skin patch. The skin patch is to be attached onto a patient to provide for electrical contacts between the body-surface electrodes and a patient. The transcutaneous cardiac stimulation device delivers pacing pulses to the heart of the patient through pacing electrodes selected from the body-surface electrodes.
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1. A system for pacing a heart having a myocardium in a living body having a skin, the system comprising:
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a transcutaneous cardiac stimulation device including; a pacing output circuit configured to produce pacing pulses suitable for capturing the heart by transcutaneous delivery; and a pacing control circuit coupled to the pacing output circuit and configured to control the transcutaneous delivery of the pacing pulses; a plurality of body-surface electrodes including a pacing electrode set electrically wired to the pacing output circuit, the pacing electrode set including at least two electrodes through which the pacing pulses are transcutaneously delivered to the heart; and a skin patch integrated with the transcutaneous cardiac stimulation device and the plurality of body-surface electrodes, the skin patch configured to be attached onto the skin such that electrical contacts between the pacing electrode set and the body allow for effective transcutaneous delivery of the pacing pulses to the heart. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method for pacing a heart having a myocardium in a living body having a skin, the method comprising:
delivering pacing pulses transcutaneously to the heart from a transcutaneous cardiac stimulation device integrated with a skin patch through a pacing electrode set including two or more electrodes selected from a plurality of body-surface electrodes integrated with the skin patch, wherein the skin patch is attached onto the skin such that electrical contacts between the pacing electrode set and the body allow for effective transcutaneous delivery of the pacing pulses to the heart. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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