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20130190833 | Use of Electric Fields for Reducing Patient Discomfort During Defibrillation - Devices, systems and methods for reducing patent discomfort during defibrillation by delivering pulses to electrode configurations that create electric fields confined to and/or concentrated in an area of fibrillation are described. Embodiments provide for an implantable defibrillator having an electrode lead system having at least one electrode lead and at least one three electrodes, a controller for determining whether fibrillation exists and a voltage generator for discharging one or more defibrillation pulses to the at least three electrodes to create electric fields having different directions and high electric field concentrations in areas of the heart needing defibrillation and low electric field concentrations outside those areas. | 07-25-2013 |
20130218219 | Pulse Parameters And Electrode Conffigurations For Reducing Patient Discomfort From Defibrillation - Devices, systems and methods for reducing patent discomfort during defibrillation by synchronizing defibrillation pulse delivery with a patient breathing cycle are described. Embodiments provide for a defibrillator having at least one electrode lead with one or more electrodes, a controller for determining whether fibrillation exists, a voltage generator for producing and discharging one or more electrical pulses to the electrode lead system and at least one breathing sensor for collecting and transmitting information relating to the breathing cycle of the patient to the controller. The controller may process the information from the breathing sensor, determine when one or more phases or instants of the breathing cycle are occurring and emit a command signal to the voltage generator to discharge defibrillation pulses to the electrode lead system in synchronization with the one or more phases or instants of the breathing cycle. | 08-22-2013 |
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