Implantable medical device with therapy control

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PATENT NO 8682428
APP PUB NO 20080294213A1
SERIAL NO

12094534

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A method for operating an implantable medical device to obtain substantially synchronized closure of the mitral and tricuspid valves based on sensed heart sounds includes sensing an acoustic energy; producing signals indicative of heart sounds of the heart of the patient over predetermined periods of a cardiac cycle during successive cardiac cycles; calculating a pulse width of such a signal; and iteratively controlling a delivery of the ventricular pacing pulses based on calculated pulse widths of successive heart sound signals to identify an RV interval or VV interval that causes a substantially synchronized closure of the mitral and tricuspid valve. A medical device for optimizing an RV interval or VV interval based on sensed heart sounds implements such a method and a computer readable medium encoded with instructions causes a computer to perform such a method.

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  • ST. JUDE MEDICAL AB

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Holmström, Nils Järfälla, SE 24 164
Noren, Kjell Solna, SE 76 3265

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