Sense amplifier for demand cardiac pacemaker
First Claim
1. In a cardiac pacemaker of the type having means for sensing heart activity and detecting means responsive to the sensing means for providing a response on detecting the presence of signals representative of natural heart activity within the signals sensed by said sensing means, the improvement which comprises means responsive to said detecting means response for speeding the response of said detecting means to said signals representative of natural heart activity.
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Abstract
A cardiac pacemaker of the type responsive to heart activity to affect the operation of the pacemaker. Detecting circuitry detects the presence of signals representative of natural heart activity. In a preferred embodiment, bias circuitry establishes the sensitivity of the detecting circuit, the sensitivity being altered during the provision of an output signal to enhance the response of the detecting circuit to the natural heart activity representative signals. In essence, hysteresis is provided in that the sensitivity of the detecting circuit is increased during initiation of the output signal and reduced during termination of that signal.
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7 Claims
- 1. In a cardiac pacemaker of the type having means for sensing heart activity and detecting means responsive to the sensing means for providing a response on detecting the presence of signals representative of natural heart activity within the signals sensed by said sensing means, the improvement which comprises means responsive to said detecting means response for speeding the response of said detecting means to said signals representative of natural heart activity.
- 3. In a cardiac pacemaker of the type having means for detecting natural heart activity and providing a control signal on the detection of natural heart activity, the improvement which comprises means responsive to the detection of natural heart activity by said detecting means for speeding the provision of said control signal.
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