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System and method for detection and treatment of ventricular arrhythmias

  • US 5,002,052 A
  • Filed: 08/29/1988
  • Issued: 03/26/1991
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/29/1988
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A cardiac stimulator for detecting and treating ventricular tachyrhymias comprising:

  • means for detecting events in a heart of a patient;

    means for identifying a selected high rate of said detected events;

    means for identifying a selected sudden onset of said detected events;

    means for identifying a selected rate stability of said detected events;

    means for identifying a selected sustained high rate of detected events;

    means for delivering a selected therapy to the heart responsive to either a first output from at least two said means, the sudden onset identifying means, or the rate stability identifying means or a second output from both the sustained high rate identifying means and the rate stability identifying means.

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