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Patent US7460907 - Pacing with hemodynamic enhancement - Google Patents
Apparatus (170) for heart pacing with hemodynamic improvement, including one or more electrodes (36), which convey electrical signals to respective cardiac muscle segments. Signal generation circuitry (50) applies an extended pacing signal (60, 61), having an overall duration greater than three times...http://www.google.com/patents/US7460907?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US7460907 - Pacing with hemodynamic enhancement
Publication number US7460907 B1
Application number US 09/720,639
PCT number PCT/IL1999/000392
Filing date Jul 18, 1999
Also published as CA2338201A1, CA2338201C, CN1206006C, CN1310636A, EP1098674A2, EP1098674A4, WO2000004947A2, WO2000004947A3
Publication number 09720639, 720639, PCT/1999/392, PCT/IL/1999/000392, PCT/IL/1999/00392, PCT/IL/99/000392, PCT/IL/99/00392, PCT/IL1999/000392, PCT/IL1999/00392, PCT/IL1999000392, PCT/IL199900392, PCT/IL99/000392, PCT/IL99/00392, PCT/IL99000392, PCT/IL9900392, US 7460907 B1, US 7460907B1, US-B1-7460907, US7460907 B1, US7460907B1
Inventors Nissim Darvish, Bella Felsen, Itzik Shemer, Judith Kornfeld
Patent Citations (108), Non-Patent Citations (69), Referenced by (28), Classifications (7), Legal Events (6)
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International Classification A61N1/05, A61N1/365, A61N1/362
Cooperative Classification A61N1/362, A61N1/3627