Patent ID: 8715196

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 multi-lumen catheter that is insertable into in the coronary sinus of a heart via an atrium; a device configured to detect bodily characteristic measurements including pressure maxima or pressure minima measurements 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 is configured to estimate an envelope curve of the bodily characteristic measurements including said pressure maxima or minima measurements detected 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 envelope curve of the bodily characteristic measurements.