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Hemodynamically responsive system for and method of treating a malfunctioning heart

  • US 5,085,213 A
  • Filed: 06/01/1990
  • Issued: 02/04/1992
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/01/1990
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In a system for treating a malfunctioning heart of the type which includes storage means for storing electrical energy, electrode means for electrically coupling the storage means to the heart, determining means for determining right atrial pressure or central venous pressure and right ventricular pressure, means responsive to an output from the determining means for providing a first signal representative of an increase of at least a predetermined amount in the right atrial pressure or central venous pressure, means responsive to an output from the determining means for developing a second signal representative of a decrease of at least a given amount in right ventricular pressure, and means responsive to the first signal and the second signal for charging and enabling discharge of the electrical energy stored by the storage means across the electrode means upon presence of both the first and the second signals.

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