Cardiac rhythm management system providing control of pacing features with a reduced number of variables
First Claim
1. An electrical signal rhythm management system including a programmer and a rhythm management device, said programmer including a communication unit for downloading a single maximum pacing rate to said rhythm management device, said rhythm management device including a plurality of pacing processes and being adapted to produce a pacing output signal based on at least one of said plurality of pacing processes, said rhythm management device storing said maximum pacing rate and limiting said output signals of at least two of said pacing processes based on said maximum pacing rate, wherein said plurality of pacing processes includes at least two of ventricular tracking, pacing rate smoothing, tracking rate, sensor rate, atrial pacing preference, ventricular rate regulation, and biventricular triggering.
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Abstract
A cardiac rhythm management system includes techniques for reducing the number of programmable variables associated with maximum pacing rate so that fewer variables are programmed and a reduction in possible parameter conflict is achieved. In an embodiment, a maximum pacing rate parameter replaces a plurality of conventional, separately programmable pacing parameters. For example, maximum tracking rate, maximum sensor rate, rate smoothing maximum pacing rate, atrial pacing preference maximum pacing rate, and ventricular rate regulation maximum pacing rate are replaced by a single maximum pacing rate with, if necessary, a sensor offset and an atrial pacing preference offset. In another example, rate smoothing maximum pacing rate, biventricular trigger maximum pacing rate and ventricular rate regulation maximum pacing rate are replaced by a single maximum pacing rate.
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33 Claims
- 1. An electrical signal rhythm management system including a programmer and a rhythm management device, said programmer including a communication unit for downloading a single maximum pacing rate to said rhythm management device, said rhythm management device including a plurality of pacing processes and being adapted to produce a pacing output signal based on at least one of said plurality of pacing processes, said rhythm management device storing said maximum pacing rate and limiting said output signals of at least two of said pacing processes based on said maximum pacing rate, wherein said plurality of pacing processes includes at least two of ventricular tracking, pacing rate smoothing, tracking rate, sensor rate, atrial pacing preference, ventricular rate regulation, and biventricular triggering.
- 3. An electrical signal rhythm management system including a programmer and a rhythm management device, said programmer including a communication unit for downloading a single maximum pacing rate to said rhythm management device, said rhythm management device including a plurality of pacing processes and being adapted to produce a pacing output signal based on at least one of said plurality of pacing processes, said rhythm management device storing said maximum pacing rate and limiting said output signals of at least two of said pacing processes based on said maximum pacing rate, wherein said plurality of pacing prpcesses includes atrial pacing preference, wherein said communication unit downloads an atrial pacing preference offset which is used by said rhythm management device to offset said maximum pacing rate to determine a maximum atrial pacing preference rate.
- 7. An electrical signal rhythm management system including a programmer and a rhythm management device, said programmer including a communication unit for downloading a single maximum pacing rate to said rhythm management device, said rhythm management device including a plurality of pacing processes and being adapted to produce a pacing output signal based on at least one of said plurality of pacing processes, said rhythm management device storing said maximum pacing rate and limiting said output signals of at least two of said pacing processes based on said maximum pacing rate, wherein said cardiac rhythm management device includes an offset for at least one of the pacing processes and alters said maximum pacing rate according to said offset.
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10. An implantable cardiac rhythm management device, comprising:
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a controller, circuits connected to said controller, and at least one lead connected to said circuits, wherein said controller includes a memory storing only one maximum pacing rate and a plurality of different therapies wherein said plurality of different therapies includes at least two of ventricular tracking, pacing rate smoothing, atrial pacing preference, ventricular rate regulation, and biventricular triggering, and wherein said controller outputs a pacing signal to said lead based on said maximum pacing rate and a selected one of said plurality of different therapies. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12)
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13. An implantable cardiac rhythm management device, comprising:
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a controller, circuits connected to said controller, and at least one lead connected to said circuits, wherein said controller includes a memory storing only one maximum pacing rate and a plurality of different therapies, wherein said plurality of different therapies includes atrial paging preference, wherein said controller includes an atrial pacing preference offset which is used by said controller to offset said maximum pacing rate to determine a maximum atrial pacing preference rate, and wherein said controller outputs a pacing signal to said lead based on said maximum pacing rate and a selected one of said plurality of different therapies. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15)
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16. A method, comprising:
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setting a single maximum pacing rate in a cardiac rhythm management device, wherein setting the single maximum pacing rate includes;
inputting an atrium pacing rate offset into the programmer, and downloading the atrium pacing rate offset from the programmer to the cardiac rhythm management device; and
controlling a plurality of paging functions of the cardiac rhythm management device by the single maximum pacing rate, wherein controlling the plurality of pacing functions includes offsetting the maximum pacing rate for atrium pacing by the atrium pacing rate offset. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18)
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19. A method, comprising:
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setting a single maximum pacing rate in a cardiac rhythm management device, wherein setting the single maximum pacing rate includes;
inputting a single maximum pacing rate into a programmer, and transmitting the single maximum pacing rate from the programmer to the cardiac rhythm management device; and
inputting an atrial pacing preference offset into the programmer, and downloading the atrial pacing preference offset from the programmer to the cardiac rhythm management device; and
controlling a plurality of pacing functions of the cardiac rhythm management device by the single maximum pacing rate, wherein controlling the plurality of pacing functions includes offsetting the maximum pacing rate for atrial pacing preference by the atrial pacing preference offset. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22)
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23. A method, comprising:
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setting a single maximum pacing rate in a cardiac rhythm management device; and
controlling a plurality of pacing functions of the cardiac rhythm management device by the single maximum pacing rate, wherein controlling the plurality of pacing functions includes limiting rate smoothing, biventricular triggered pacing, and ventricular rate regulation by the single maximum pacing rate. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25)
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26. A method, comprising:
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setting a single maximum pacing rate in a cardiac rhythm management device, wherein setting the single maximum pacing rate includes inputting a single maximum pacing rate into a programmer, and transmitting the single maximum pacing rate from the programmer to the cardiac rhythm management device; and
controlling a plurality of pacing functions of the cardiac rhythm management device by the single maximum pacing rate, wherein controlling the plurality of pacing functions includes setting a maximum tracking rate, maximum rate smoothing pacing rate and ventricular rate regulation maximum rate equal to the maximum pacing rate. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28)
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29. A method, comprising:
setting a single maximum pacing rate in a cardiac rhythm management device, and controlling a plurality of pacing functions of the cardiac rhythm management device by the single maximum pacing rate, wherein at least one of the plurality of pacing functions requires an offset from the single maximum pacing rate, and wherein controlling the at least one pacing function includes offsetting the single maximum pacing rate by the offset. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31)
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32. A method, comprising:
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setting a single maximum pacing rate in a cardiac rhythm management device, wherein setting the single maximum pacing rate includes inputting at least one of an atrium pacing rate offset and an atrial pacing preference offset into the cardiac rhythm management device; and
controlling a plurality of pacing functions of the cardiac rhythm management device by the single maximum pacing rate, wherein controlling the plurality of pacing functions includes offsetting the maximum pacing rate for atrium pacing by one of the inputted atrium pacing rate offset and atrial pacing preference offset. - View Dependent Claims (33)
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