Patent ID: 7792585
Filing Date: 2010-09-07
Classification: A61N

Abstract:
1. For use with an implantable system that includes an implantable cardiac stimulation device and a multi-electrode lead (MEL) that includes N groups of electrodes, with each of the N groups including at least M electrodes, where N≧2 and M is ≧2, where electrodes in a same group are within 5 mm of one another, and where electrodes in separate groups are at least 10 mm from one another, a method for identifying cathode-anode electrode configurations that can be used to not exceed a maximum acceptable capture threshold, and that provide a sensed intrinsic R-wave amplitude of at least a minimum acceptable sensing threshold, the method comprising: (a) identifying each electrode that can be used as a cathode by (b) for each electrode of the MEL identified as an electrode that can be used as the cathode, identifying one or more other electrode in the same group that can be used as a corresponding anode by