Patent ID: 7908001
Filing Date: 2011-03-15
Classification: A61B,A61N

Abstract:
1. A method for delivering cardiac therapy, comprising: detecting an arrhythmia episode; using a plurality of heartbeats in the detected episode to determine a parameter value that is indicative of a morphological organization of the episode; associating a plurality of morphological organization levels, respectively, with parameter values that are different from one another; classifying the detected arrhythmia episode into one of a plurality of morphological organization levels based on the determined parameter value, the plurality of morphological organization levels including at least a first, second, and third morphological organization level; associating the first, second, and third morphological organization levels with respective first, second, and third distinct cardiac therapy schemes, each of the cardiac therapy schemes including at least one cardiac therapy component to treat the detected arrhythmia; and delivering a selected cardiac therapy component that is associated with the morphological organization level of the detected arrhythmia episode.