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Kafe 바로가기국가/구분 | United States(US) Patent 등록 |
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출원번호 | US-0157571 (2014-01-17) |
등록번호 | US-8996112 (2015-03-31) |
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Approaches for characterizing a phrenic stimulation threshold, a cardiac capture threshold, a maximum device parameter, and a minimum device parameter are described. A plurality of cardiac pacing pulses can be delivered by using a cardiac pacing device, a pacing parameter of the plurality of cardiac
Approaches for characterizing a phrenic stimulation threshold, a cardiac capture threshold, a maximum device parameter, and a minimum device parameter are described. A plurality of cardiac pacing pulses can be delivered by using a cardiac pacing device, a pacing parameter of the plurality of cardiac pacing pulses being changed between delivery of at least some of the pulses. One or more sensor signals can be evaluated to detect stimulation of the phrenic nerve by one or more of the plurality of cardiac pacing pluses. The evaluation of the one or more sensor signals and the pacing parameter can be compared to determine if a phrenic stimulation threshold is at least one of higher than a maximum device parameter and lower than a minimum device parameter.
1. A method for operating a cardiac pacing device, comprising; determining if a phrenic stimulation threshold of the cardiac pacing device is greater than a device limit;if it is determined that the phrenic stimulation threshold is greater than the device limit, perform a capture threshold test with
1. A method for operating a cardiac pacing device, comprising; determining if a phrenic stimulation threshold of the cardiac pacing device is greater than a device limit;if it is determined that the phrenic stimulation threshold is greater than the device limit, perform a capture threshold test without performing a phrenic stimulation threshold test; andif it is determined that the phrenic stimulation threshold is not greater than the device limit, perform a capture threshold test and a phrenic stimulation threshold test. 2. The method of claim 1, wherein the device limit is a device capability limit. 3. The method of claim 1, wherein the device limit is a programmed limit. 4. The method of claim 1, wherein the cardiac pacing device includes a plurality of electrode combinations where each electrode combination defines a pacing vector, the method comprising performing the method for each of two or more pacing vectors. 5. The method of claim 1, wherein the capture threshold test comprises: delivering a plurality of cardiac pacing pulses;changing a pacing parameter for one or more of the plurality of cardiac pacing pulses between delivery of at least some of the plurality of cardiac pacing pulses until a capture threshold is detected. 6. The method of claim 5, wherein the pacing parameter comprises an amplitude and/or width of a cardiac pacing pulse, and wherein the pacing parameter is reduced between delivery of at least some of the plurality of cardiac pacing pulses until the capture threshold is detected. 7. The method of claim 5, wherein the phrenic stimulation threshold test comprises: delivering a plurality of cardiac pacing pulses;changing a pacing parameter for one or more of the plurality of cardiac pacing pulses between delivery of at least some of the plurality of cardiac pacing pulses until the phrenic stimulation threshold is detected. 8. The method of claim 7, wherein at least some of the plurality of cardiac pacing pulses are part of both the capture threshold test and the phrenic stimulation threshold test. 9. The method of claim 1, wherein the phrenic stimulation threshold test comprises: delivering a plurality of cardiac pacing pulses;changing a pacing parameter for one or more of the plurality of cardiac pacing pulses between delivery of at least some of the plurality of cardiac pacing pulses until the phrenic stimulation threshold is detected. 10. The method of claim 9, wherein the pacing parameter comprises an amplitude and/or width of a cardiac pacing pulse, and wherein the pacing parameter is reduced between delivery of at least some of the plurality of cardiac pacing pulses until the until the phrenic stimulation threshold is detected. 11. The method of claim 9, wherein the pacing parameter comprises an amplitude and/or width of a cardiac pacing pulse, and wherein the pacing parameter is increased between delivery of at least some of the plurality of cardiac pacing pulses until the until the phrenic stimulation threshold is detected. 12. A method, comprising: delivering a plurality of cardiac pacing pulses using a cardiac pacing device, a pacing parameter of the plurality of cardiac pacing pulses being changed between delivery of at least some of the cardiac pacing pulses;evaluating one or more sensor signals to detect stimulation of the phrenic nerve by one or more of the plurality of cardiac pacing pluses;comparing the evaluation of the one or more sensor signals and the pacing parameter of one or more of the plurality of cardiac pacing pulses to determine if a phrenic stimulation threshold is at least one of higher than a maximum device parameter and lower than a minimum device parameter; andaltering an operation of the cardiac pacing device if it is determined that the phrenic stimulation threshold is at least one of higher than the maximum device parameter and lower than the minimum device parameter. 13. The method of claim 12, wherein the maximum device parameter is a maximum amplitude and/or width of a pacing pulse that the cardiac pacing device is programmed to deliver and the minimum device parameter is a minimum amplitude and/or width of a pacing pulse that the cardiac pacing device is programmed to deliver. 14. The method of claim 12, wherein delivering the plurality of cardiac pacing pulses comprises increasing a pacing pulse amplitude and/or width parameter for one or more of the plurality of cardiac pacing pulses between delivery of the at least some pulses until at least one of the phrenic stimulation threshold is detected and a cardiac pacing pulse is delivered at maximum amplitude and/or width that the cardiac pacing device is programmed to deliver. 15. The method of claim 12, wherein delivering the plurality of cardiac pacing pulses comprises decreasing a pacing pulse amplitude and/or width parameter for one or more of the plurality of cardiac pacing pulses between delivery of the at least some pulses until: at least one of the phrenic stimulation threshold is detected and a cardiac pacing pulse is delivered at minimum amplitude and/or width that the cardiac pacing device is programmed to deliver; ora cardiac pacing pulse reaches a capture threshold. 16. The method of claim 12, wherein delivering the plurality of cardiac pacing pulses comprises delivering an initial pacing pulse having an amplitude and/or width parameter at or above the cardiac capture threshold and increasing the pacing pulse amplitude and/or width parameter for one or more of the plurality of cardiac pacing pulses between delivery of the at least some pacing pulses until at least one of the phrenic stimulation threshold is detected and a cardiac pacing pulse is delivered at maximum amplitude and/or width that the cardiac pacing device is programmed to deliver. 17. The method of claim 12, wherein delivering the plurality of cardiac pacing pulses comprises delivering an initial pacing pulse having an amplitude and/or width parameter at or above the cardiac capture threshold and decreasing the pacing pulse amplitude and/or width parameter for one or more of the plurality of cardiac pacing pulses between delivery of the at least some pacing pulses until: at least one of the phrenic stimulation threshold is detected and a cardiac pacing pulse is delivered at minimum amplitude and/or width that the cardiac pacing device is programmed to deliver; ora cardiac pacing pulse reaches a capture threshold. 18. A method of operating a cardiac pacing device, wherein the cardiac pacing device includes a plurality of electrode combinations where each electrode combination defines a pacing vector, the method, comprising: delivering a plurality of cardiac pacing pulses using a selected pacing vector of the cardiac pacing device, a pacing parameter of the plurality of cardiac pacing pulses being changed between delivery of at least some of the pulses;evaluating one or more sensor signals to detect stimulation of the phrenic nerve by one or more of the plurality of cardiac pacing pluses;evaluating one or more sensor signals to detect whether the heart was captured by one or more of the plurality of cardiac pacing pluses;comparing the evaluation of the one or more sensor signals and the pacing parameter of one or more of the plurality of cardiac pacing pulses to determine if a phrenic stimulation threshold is higher than a maximum device parameter, and if not, higher than a capture threshold; anddelivering pacing therapy to the heart via a plurality of cardiac pacing pulses that are above the capture threshold but below the phrenic stimulation threshold if it is determined that the phrenic stimulation threshold is higher than the maximum device parameter, and if not, higher than the capture threshold. 19. The method of claim 18, further comprising performing the delivering, evaluating and comparing steps of claim 1 for each of two or more vectors of the cardiac pacing device. 20. The method of claim 18, wherein the pacing parameter of the plurality of cardiac pacing pulses is decreased between delivery of at least some of the pulses.
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