Low energy pacing pulse waveform for implantable pacemaker
CA 2224330 C · Owner: Anderson, Russell E. · Inventors: Lahtinen, Stuart P.; Anderson, Russell E.
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A tissue electrical stimulator and electrical pulse waveform are described. The stimulator or pulse generator may deliver the pulse preferably through an endocardial electrode to pace a heart but could be used for other tissue such as nerves or to deliver defibrillation pulses through other means. A preferred circuit is described employing timing of a gate voltage level on an output transistor for the discharge capacitor(s) of the pulse generator. The waveform has a leading edge starting above zero volts and ramps upward for an initial fraction until a saturation voltage is reached and then ramps downward.
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- Filed March 25, 1997 and granted November 4, 2003. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 25, 2017.
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