Leadless cardiac pacemaker triggered by conductive communication
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1. A cardiac pacing system comprising:
- a leadless cardiac pacemaker configured for implantation in electrical contact with a left ventricular cardiac chamber and performing leadless triggered left-ventricular pacing for cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) in response to conducted signals from a co-implanted pulse generator, the leadless cardiac pacemaker comprising a pacing pulse generator configured to generate pulses adapted to perform cardiac pacing and pulses encoding information for transmission as communication signals during a refractory period, the leadless cardiac pacemaker configured to receive communication directly from a non-implanted programmer.
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Abstract
A leadless cardiac pacemaker configured for implantation in electrical contact with a left ventricular cardiac chamber and configured for leadless triggered left-ventricular pacing for cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) in response to conducted signals from a pulse generator.
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1. A cardiac pacing system comprising:
a leadless cardiac pacemaker configured for implantation in electrical contact with a left ventricular cardiac chamber and performing leadless triggered left-ventricular pacing for cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) in response to conducted signals from a co-implanted pulse generator, the leadless cardiac pacemaker comprising a pacing pulse generator configured to generate pulses adapted to perform cardiac pacing and pulses encoding information for transmission as communication signals during a refractory period, the leadless cardiac pacemaker configured to receive communication directly from a non-implanted programmer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 28, 29)
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18. A cardiac pacing system comprising:
a leadless cardiac pacemaker configured for implantation in electrical contact with a cardiac chamber and configured for receiving and evaluating triggering information from a co-implanted pulse generator via an electrical signal conducted from an atrial or ventricular pacing pulse delivered by the co-implanted implanted pulse generator, the leadless cardiac pacemaker comprising a pacing pulse generator configured to generate pulses adapted to perform cardiac pacing and pulses encoding information for transmission as communication signals during a refractory period, the leadless cardiac pacemaker configured to receive communication directly from a non-implanted programmer. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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