DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETECTING AND TREATING A MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION USING PHOTOBIOMODULATION
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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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Abstract
In an implantable medical device and a method for treating cardiac tissue of a heart of a patient with therapeutic light, a myocardial infarction is detected and a location the myocardial infarction is identified. A therapy session is initiated by selectively activating one or more of a number of light emitting units arranged in at least one medical lead connectable to the implantable medical device, to emit therapeutic light toward the detected location of the myocardial infarction upon detection of an occurrence of the myocardial infarction.
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60 Claims
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1. An implantable medical device comprising:
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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. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A method for treating cardiac tissue of a heart of a patient with therapeutic light using an implantable medical device including a pulse generator that emits cardiac stimulating pacing pulses and connectable to at least one medical lead for delivering said pulses in vivo to cardiac tissue of a heart of a patient, comprising the steps of:
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detecting in vivo a myocardial infarction and identifying a location of said myocardial infarction; and automatically initiating an in vivo therapy session by selectively activating one or more of a plurality of light emitting units carried said at least one medical lead to emit therapeutic light detected location of the myocardial infarction upon detection of an occurrence of the myocardial infarction. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52)
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60. A computer-readable medium encoded with programming instructions, said medium being loadable into a control unit of an implantable medical device comprising a pulse generator that emits cardiac stimulation pulses and at least one medical lead connected to the pulse generator for delivering the stimulating pulses in vivo to cardiac tissue of a heart of a patient, and a plurality of light emitting units carried by the at least one medical lead, said programming instructions causing said control unit to:
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detect in vivo a myocardial infarction and to identify a location of the myocardial infarction; and initiate an in vivo therapy session by selectively activating one or more of said light emitting units to emit therapeutic light toward the detected location of the myocardial infarction upon detection of an occurrence of the myocardial infarction.
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