Patent ID: 11896839
Assignee: PACESETTER, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 11:
12. The method of claim 1, wherein steps (a), (b), and (c) are performed during a first period of time, and further comprising the following during a further period of time that differs from the first period of time:
(d) determining that the patient is experiencing an atrial tachycardia or AF while the intrinsic atrial rate of the patient is within the specified range;
(e) classifying that patient's intrinsic atrial activity as unstable while the patient is experiencing the atrial tachycardia or AF and the intrinsic atrial rate of the patient is within the specified range; and
(f) abstaining from performing atrial overdrive pacing, while the patient is experiencing the atrial tachycardia or AF and the intrinsic atrial rate of the patient is within the specified range, in response to classifying the patient's intrinsic atrial activity as unstable.