Patent ID: 7647102

Claim:
A cardiac contractility modulating device comprising: an anti-arrhythmic therapy unit for detecting a cardiac arrhythmia in a heart of a patient based on processing electrical signals related to cardiac activity of said heart and for delivering anti-arrhythmic therapy to said heart in response to detecting of said cardiac arrhythmia; a cardiac contractility modulating unit configured for delivering cardiac contractility modulating signals to said heart for modulating the contractility of at least a portion of said heart, said cardiac contractility modulating unit is operatively connected to said anti-arrhythmic unit for providing said anti-arrhythmic therapy unit with first control signals associated with the delivery of said cardiac contractility modulating signals to said heart to prevent interference of said cardiac contractility modulating signals with said detecting of said cardiac arrhythmia by said anti-arrhythmic device; a telemetry unit in communication with at least one of said anti-arrhythmic therapy unit and said cardiac contractility modulating unit, said telemetry unit is configured for telemetrically communicating with a telemetry transceiver; and at least one power source for energizing said anti-arrhythmic therapy unit, said cardiac contractility modulating unit and said telemetry unit.