Patent ID: 9682245
Date: 2017-06-20
CPC Classifications: A61M,A61N

Claim:
1. An implantable heart treatment device, comprising: a substrate configured for implantation within a body; an electromagnetic signal generator coupled to the substrate and configured to generate one or more electric signals configured to stimulate one or more tissues of a heart within the body; an oxygenator coupled to the substrate and configured to supply one or more oxygenated molecules to one or more tissues of the heart within the body, the oxygenator including a blood inlet portion, a blood outlet portion, and an oxygen exchange portion positioned between the blood inlet portion and the blood outlet portion, the oxygen exchange portion including a high surface area oxygen exchanger configured to transfer one or more oxygenated molecules from the high surface area oxygen exchanger to blood passing from the blood inlet portion to the blood outlet portion; and control circuitry configured to generate one or more control signals to activate one or more of the electromagnetic signal generator and the oxygenator during a fibrillation event of the heart.