Patent ID: 8369949
Filing Date: 2013-02-05
Classification: A61N

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: providing pacing pulses for delivery to a left ventricle of a heart upon occurrence of a first event type, a different second event type, or a different third event type; counting a first count indicative of a number of pacing pulses provided by reason of the first event type occurring; counting a second count indicative of a number of pacing pulses provided by reason of the second event type occurring; counting a third count indicative of a number of pacing pulses provided by reason of the third event type occurring; inhibiting the providing of a pacing pulse during a vulnerable period of at least one of the left ventricle and a right ventricle; and providing information about the first, second, and third counts to an external device, wherein the third event type corresponds to providing a pacing pulse to a first ventricle when the providing of the pacing pulse to a second ventricle has been inhibited during a vulnerable period of the second ventricle.