Patent ID: 6259949
Filing Date: 2001-07-10
Classification: A61N

Abstract:
A method for treating a heart in electromechanical dissociation comprising the steps ofidentifying a dangerous tachyarrythmia;applying a therapy to terminate said tachyarrythmia;correlating an electrical rhythm in the heart after termination of said tachyarrythmia with an absence of a selected level of cardiac output; andproducing an electrical therapy between an electrode and an indifferent electrode, said therapy comprised of a series of packets of electrical pulses,said pulses being from about 20 in length and having a frequency of from 20 Hz to about 500 Hz and an amplitude of from about 20 V to about 80 V andsaid packets being comprised of from 1 to 40 pulses and leading pulses in adjacent packets being separated from each other by intervals of from about 0.1 seconds to about 2 seconds, andsaid series lasting at least 2 seconds.