Amy Jean Brisben,Shibaji Shome,Kenneth N. Hayes,Yanting Dong,Aaron R. McCabe,Scott A. Meyer,Kevin John Stalsberg
申请号：
US13071680
公开号：
US08565879B2
申请日:
2011.03.25
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2013
代理人:
摘要：
An apparatus comprises a cardiac signal sensing circuit, a pacing therapy circuit, and a controller circuit. The controller circuit includes a safety margin calculation circuit. The controller circuit initiates delivery of pacing stimulation energy to the heart using a first energy level, changes the energy level by at least one of: a) increasing the energy from the first energy level until detecting that the pacing stimulation energy induces stable capture, or b) reducing the energy from the first energy level until detecting that the stimulation energy fails to induce capture, and continues changing the stimulation energy level until confirming stable capture or the failure of capture. The safety margin calculation circuit calculates a safety margin of pacing stimulation energy using at least one of a determined stability of a parameter associated with evoked response and a determined range of energy levels corresponding to stable capture or intermittent failure of capture.
