Patent ID: 8010193
Filing Date: 2011-08-30
Classification: A61B,A61N

Abstract:
1. An implantable cardiac defibrillator device, comprising: a) an implantable pacemaker, wherein said pacemaker is configured to generate simultaneous anti-tachycardia pacing bursts such that said pacing bursts generate a blanking period; b)an atrial lead and a ventricular lead attached to said device, said atrial lead and said ventricular lead further comprising distal tip electrodes configured to deliver said simultaneous anti-tachycardia pacing bursts and detect an earliest arriving electrical signal and wherein said implantable cardiac defibrillator device is configured to determine said earliest arriving electrical signal following said blanking period wherein said earliest arriving electrical signal diagnoses an origin of an arrhythmia; and c) a timing device connected to said pacemaker, said timing device configured to identify that said diagnosed origin of an arrhythmia is selected from between a supraventricular tachycardia, a ventricular tachycardia, and an atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia, wherein said identification of said diagnosed origin of an arrhythmia is based upon said determination of said earliest arriving electrical signal.