Patent ID: 8478399
Filing Date: 2013-07-02
Classification: A61N

Abstract:
1. A method for controlling delivery of a therapy for use in an implantable medical device, comprising: detecting a tachycardia; sensing a signal correlated to a patient's posture; determining from the signal if the patient is in a substantially horizontal position; delivering a cardioversion/defibrillation shock therapy to the patient using the implantable medical device in response to detecting the tachycardia and to determining that the patient is not in a substantially horizontal position; delaying the cardioversion/defibrillation shock therapy delivered using the implantable medical device in response to determining that the patient is in a substantially horizontal position; determining from the signal correlated to the patient's posture whether a change in posture has occurred during the delaying of the cardioversion/defibrillation shock therapy; and terminating the delaying of cardioversion/defibrillation shock therapy in response to determining that a change in posture has occurred.