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DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETECTING AND TREATING A MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION USING PHOTOBIOMODULATION

  • US 20100280563A1
  • Filed: 02/28/2007
  • Published: 11/04/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/28/2007
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. An implantable medical device comprising:

  • a pulse generator that emits cardiac stimulating pacing pulses;

    a medical lead connected to said pulse generator that delivers said pulses in vivo to cardiac tissue of the heart of a patient;

    a myocardial infarction detection unit that detects a myocardial infarction and identifies a location of said myocardial infarction;

    a therapy circuit connected to a plurality of light emitting units carried by said medical lead, each of said light emitting units being operated by said therapy circuit to emit therapeutic light; and

    a control circuit connected to said myocardial infarction detection unit and to said therapy circuit, said control circuit being configured to initiate a therapy session via said therapy circuit, in which one or more of said plurality of light emitting is/are selectively activated to emit said therapeutic light toward the detected location of the myocardial infarction upon detection of an occurrence of the myocardial infarction.

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