Patent ID: 6862475
Filing Date: 2005-03-01
Classification: A61N

Abstract:
1. An implantable cardiac device adapted to be implanted in pediatric patients, the device comprising: at least one lead that is positionable adjacent a heart of the pediatric patient so as to be able to deliver pacing pulses thereto; a pulse generator that produces pacing pulses and provides the pacing pulses to the at least one lead; and a controller that controls the pulse generator to produce the pacing pulses, wherein the controller is configured to induce the delivery of pacing pulses to the heart at least at a basic pacing rate in the absence of any intrinsic heart activity, wherein the controller is further configured to adjust the basic pacing rate over time such that the basic pacing rate corresponds to an age related variation in an intrinsic heart rate of a normal child of a same age as the pediatric patient.