Patent ID: 8454523

Claim:
A device for the intermittent occlusion of the coronary sinus, comprising: an occlusion device for the alternate occlusion of the coronary sinus and release of the occlusion, wherein the occlusion device is positioned along a distal end of a catheter that is insertable into in the coronary sinus of a heart via an atrium; a device configured to detect fluid pressure occurring in the coronary sinus; and a control device for delivering control signals that control the time of the beginning and release of the occlusion caused by the occlusion device insertable in the coronary sinus, wherein the control device includes an arithmetic unit configured to estimate a curve of the fluid pressure occurring in the coronary sinus during consecutive heart beats after the release of the occlusion, wherein the control unit is configured to trigger the next occlusion of the coronary sinus caused by the occlusion device at a time determined by the control unit as a function of the estimated pressure curve.