Patent ID: 11938325
Assignee: MEDTRONIC, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 7:
8. A method for determining whether ventricular pacing stimuli are capturing a paced ventricle, comprising:
delivering the ventricular pacing stimuli;
sensing signals in response to delivery of the ventricular pacing stimuli;
responsive to the sensing means, determining whether individual ones of the ventricular pacing stimuli effectively captured the paced ventricle over a series of the ventricular pacing stimuli, the determination comprising determining whether a defined number of the individual ones of the series effectively captured the paced ventricle;
modifying a pacing rate in response to the defined number of the individual ones of the series having effectively captured the paced ventricle; and
not modifying the pacing rate during atrial fibrillation in response to the defined number of the individual ones of the series having not effectively captured the paced ventricle.