Patent ID: 7590447

Claim:
A pacing system analyzer for use with at least first, second, and third electrodes placed in a heart and a computer-based medical device programmer, the pacing system analyzer comprising: a first sensing and pacing channel including a first sensing circuit adapted to sense a first cardiac signal indicative of first cardiac events through at least the first electrode and a first pacing circuit adapted to deliver first pacing pulses through at least the first electrode; a second sensing and pacing channel including a second sensing circuit adapted to sense a second cardiac signal indicative of second cardiac events through at least the second electrode and a second pacing circuit adapted to deliver second pacing pulses through at least the second electrode; a third sensing and pacing channel including a third sensing circuit adapted to sense a third cardiac signal indicative of third cardiac events through at least the third electrode and a third pacing circuit adapted to deliver third pacing pulses through at least the third electrode; a pacing control circuit coupled to the first, second, and third sensing and pacing circuit, the pacing control circuit adapted to control the delivery of one or more of the first, second and third pacing pulses using a plurality of pacing parameters including user-programmable pacing parameters; a housing adapted to enclose the first, second, and third sensing and pacing channels and the pacing control circuit, the housing configured to be detachably inserted to the computer-based medical device programmer and electrically connected to the computer-based medical device programmer during operation of the pacing system analyzer; and a user interface being a user interface of the computer-based medical device programmer and electrically wired to the pacing control circuit, the user interface including: a pacing parameter input adapted to allow programming of the user-programmable pacing parameters; and a presentation device including a display screen adapted to display the first, second, and third cardiac signals in real time.