| US 7,460,907 B1 | ||
| Pacing with hemodynamic enhancement | ||
| Nissim Darvish, Haifa (Israel); Bella Felsen, Haifa (Israel); Itzik Shemer, Haifa (Israel); and Judith Kornfeld, Haifa (Israel) | ||
| Assigned to Impulse Dynamics N.V., Curacao (Netherlands Antilles) | ||
| Appl. No. 9/720,639 PCT Filed Jul. 18, 1999, PCT No. PCT/IL99/00392 § 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date May 16, 2001, PCT Pub. No. WO00/04947, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 03, 2000. |
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| Claims priority of application No. 125424 (IL), filed on Jul. 20, 1998. | ||
| Int. Cl. A61N 1/362 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 607—9 | 78 Claims |
| 1. Apparatus for heart pacing with hemodynamic improvement, comprising:
one or more electrodes, which are adapted to convey electrical signals to respective cardiac muscle segments; and
signal generation circuitry, which applies an extended pacing signal, having an overall duration greater than 8 ms, to the
one or more electrodes so as to pace the heart,
wherein the signal has a leading edge and a trailing edge, and wherein the trailing edge is characterized by an absolute rate
of voltage change substantially smaller than that of the leading edge.
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