Patent ID: 8628461

Claim:
A device for the intermittent occlusion of a coronary sinus for use in a method for treating heart or circulatory disturbances in a patient, comprising: an occlusion device adapted to be activated to provide an intermittent occlusion of a coronary sinus when the occlusion device is positioned in the coronary sinus; a control device connected with the occlusion device; at least one electrocardiogram (ECG) sensor configured to detect of one or more ECG signals while the occlusion device is positioned in the coronary sinus; and a measurement memory fed by the sensor and adapted to store a ECG measurement series, wherein the ECG measurement series is fed to the control device which is configured for computational evaluation of the ECG measurement series so that the control device cooperates with the occlusion device to initiate or terminate the intermittent occlusion as a function of the computational evaluation of the ECG measurement series.