Patent ID: 6519488
Filing Date: 2003-02-11
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
A system, comprising:an intravascular stent, wherein the intravascular stent is electrically conductive; a first electrode coupled to a first lead connector; a second electrode coupled to a second lead connector; a pulse generator, wherein the pulse generator includes a programming circuit, a display screen, a data input device, a first and a second input/output socket, an electrogram analysis circuit, a microprocessor, and an energy source; wherein the programming circuit is coupled to the display screen, where the programming circuit controls the display screen to request parameter values for an electrical energy pulse; the data input device is coupled to the programming circuit and the display screen, where the programming circuit receives the parameter values provided through the data input device; the first lead connector is releasably coupled to the first input/output socket and the second lead connector is releasably coupled to the second input/output socket; the electrogram analysis circuit is coupled to the first electrode and the second electrode coupled through the first and second lead connectors, where the electrogram analysis circuit receives a cardiac signal sensed between the first and second electrode, and where the electrogram analysis circuit detects cardiac complexes in the sensed cardiac signal; the microprocessor is coupled to the programming circuit, the electrogram analysis circuit and the energy source, where the microprocessor receives the parameter values from the programming circuit and the cardiac complexes in the sensed cardiac signal from the electrogram analysis circuit, and controls the energy source to generate the electrical energy pulse having the parameter values for the intravascular stent when a predetermined portion of a cardiac complex occurs in the cardiac signal.