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Expert system and method

  • US 8,099,165 B2
  • Filed: 02/15/2011
  • Issued: 01/17/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/26/2000
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An external medical device to communicate with an implantable device, the external device comprising:

  • a user interface configured to receive a prompt to generate one or more therapy settings for the implantable device;

    a pacing site selector having an input, the pacing site selector communicatively coupled to the user interface and configured to;

    receive a measure of a QRS complex duration into the pacing site selector input;

    measure a time of occurrence of a peak of depolarization of a right ventricle (RV) and a time of a peak of occurrence of depolarization of a left ventricle (LV);

    determine, as a first generated therapy setting, a pacing site according to the measure of QRS complex duration and the time relationship of the depolarization peak of the RV and the depolarization peak of the LV; and

    provide the determined pacing site to at least one of a user or a process executing on the external medical device or a process of a different device.

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