Patent ID: 9586055
Date: 2017-03-07
CPC Classifications: A61B,A61N

Claim:
1. A method for delivering electrical stimulation to a heart of a patient, the method comprising: sensing at least one biological signal corresponding to electrical activity of the heart; analyzing the at least one biological signal to identify irregular electrical activity in a ventricle of the heart; and in response to identifying irregular electrical activity in the ventricle of the heart, delivering a plurality of stages of electrical stimulation to the heart, wherein each stage of the plurality of stages of electrical stimulation is separated from a subsequent stage or a prior stage by a pre-determined inter-stage delay, the plurality of stages of electrical stimulation includes at least a first stage and a second stage, the first stage includes a first plurality of pulses and the second stage includes a second plurality of pulses, wherein the first plurality of pulses generates a voltage gradient within the heart of the patient of less than 4.5V/cm and more than 0.25 V/cm.