PACING DEVICE WITH ACOUSTIC SENSOR
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1. An external medical device comprising:
- at least one therapy electrode;
at least one acoustic sensor; and
at least one processor coupled with the at least one therapy electrode and the at least one acoustic sensor and configured to deliver at least one pacing pulse via the at least one therapy electrode and to analyze processed acoustic data to determine whether the at least one pacing pulse resulted in capture.
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Abstract
In at least one example, a medical device is provided. The medical device includes at least one therapy electrode, at least one acoustic sensor, and at least one processor coupled with the at least one therapy electrode and the at least one acoustic sensor. The at least one processor is configured to deliver at least one pacing pulse via the at least one therapy electrode and to analyze processed acoustic data to determine whether the at least one pacing pulse resulted in capture.
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28 Claims
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1. An external medical device comprising:
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at least one therapy electrode; at least one acoustic sensor; and at least one processor coupled with the at least one therapy electrode and the at least one acoustic sensor and configured to deliver at least one pacing pulse via the at least one therapy electrode and to analyze processed acoustic data to determine whether the at least one pacing pulse resulted in capture. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A medical device comprising:
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at least one therapy electrode; at least one acoustic sensor configured to record one or more acoustic signals during a blanking interval; at least one acoustic signal processor configured to generate processed acoustic data from the one or more acoustic signals; and at least one processor coupled with the at least one therapy electrode and the at least one acoustic sensor and configured to deliver at least one pacing pulse via the at least one therapy electrode and to analyze the processed acoustic data to determine whether power of at least one acoustic signal represented in the processed acoustic data falls within a predefined range of values.
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17. A medical device comprising:
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a garment configured to be worn about a torso of a patient; at least one therapy electrode coupled to the garment; at least one acoustic sensor configured to record one or more acoustic signals; at least one acoustic signal processor configured to generate processed acoustic data from the one or more acoustic signals; and at least one processor coupled with the at least one therapy electrode and the at least one acoustic sensor and configured to deliver at least one pacing pulse via the at least one therapy electrode and to determine whether at least one value obtained from the processed acoustic data of at least one acoustic signal either transgresses a predefined threshold value or falls within a predefined range of values. - View Dependent Claims (18)
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19. A method of pacing a subject using an external medical device including at least one therapy electrode, the method comprising:
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delivering, by the external medical device, at least one pacing pulse via the at least one therapy electrode; and analyzing, by the external medical device, processed acoustic data to determine whether the at least one pacing pulse resulted in capture. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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21. A wearable medical device comprising:
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therapy electrodes, wherein the therapy electrodes comprise at least one front therapy electrode disposed on a front of a body of a subject and at least one back therapy electrode disposed on a back of the body of the subject; and at least one processor coupled to the therapy electrodes, wherein the at least one processor can; during a defibrillation mode, cause the at least one front therapy electrode to be cathodic and the at least one back therapy electrode to be anodic for a first phase of a biphasic defibrillation pulse; and during a pacing mode, for at least one of a plurality of therapeutic phases of a pacing signal, cause the at least one front therapy electrode to be cathodic and the at least one back therapy electrode to be anodic. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24)
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25. A wearable medical device comprising:
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therapy electrodes, wherein the therapy electrodes comprise at least one front therapy electrode disposed on a front of a body of a subject and at least one back therapy electrode disposed on a back of the body of the subject; and at least one processor coupled to the therapy electrodes, wherein the at least one processor can; during a defibrillation mode, cause the therapy electrodes to deliver a biphasic defibrillation pulse to the body of the subject; and during a pacing mode, for at least one of a plurality of therapeutic phases of a pacing signal, cause a change in a polarity of the therapy electrodes such that the at least one front therapy electrode is used as an cathodic electrode and the at least one back therapy electrode is used as a anodic electrode. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28)
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