US 12,472,362 B2
Programming device for programming an implantable medical device for stimulating a human or animal heart
Thomas Doerr, Berlin (DE); Sergey Ershov, Berlin (DE); Torsten Radtke, Berlin (DE); Ulrich Busch, Berlin (DE); Peter Schneider, Berlin (DE); Stefan Paule, Drosendorf (DE); and Frank Becker, Berlin (DE)
Assigned to BIOTRONIK SE & Co. KG, Berlin (DE)
Appl. No. 17/770,474
Filed by BIOTRONIK SE & Co. KG, Berlin (DE)
PCT Filed Oct. 22, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/079743
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 20, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/078852, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 29, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 19205046 (EP), filed on Oct. 24, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0379126 A1, Dec. 1, 2022
Int. Cl. A61N 1/365 (2006.01); A61B 5/0538 (2021.01); A61N 1/05 (2006.01); A61N 1/368 (2006.01); A61N 1/372 (2006.01); A61N 1/375 (2006.01)
CPC A61N 1/36521 (2013.01) [A61B 5/0538 (2013.01); A61N 1/056 (2013.01); A61N 1/365 (2013.01); A61N 1/36585 (2013.01); A61N 1/368 (2013.01); A61N 1/3684 (2013.01); A61N 1/37223 (2013.01); A61N 1/37235 (2013.01); A61N 1/37247 (2013.01); A61N 1/37252 (2013.01); A61N 1/3752 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An arrangement, comprising a programming device and an implantable medical device, the programming device configured for programming the implantable medical device for stimulating a human or animal heart, the arrangement further comprising a first processor and a first memory unit,
wherein
the first memory unit comprises a first computer-readable program that causes the first processor to perform the following steps when executed on the first processor:
a) allowing to select one of at least two electrode lead configurations of an implantable medical device for stimulating a human or animal heart, wherein the at least two electrode lead configurations comprise:
i) a first electrode lead configuration in which each electrode lead of the implantable medical device is connected to an electrode lead port of the implantable medical device, the electrode lead port being configured to receive an electrode lead for stimulating a first cardiac region or detecting an electric signal at the first cardiac region, wherein the first cardiac region is at least one chosen from an atrium, a left ventricle and a right ventricle, wherein each electrode lead is adapted to be implanted in a cardiac region that corresponds to the first cardiac region of the electrode lead port to which the electrode lead is connected, and
ii) a second electrode lead configuration in which at least one electrode lead of the implantable medical device is connected to an electrode lead port of the implantable medical device, the electrode lead port being configured to receive an electrode lead for stimulating a second cardiac region or detecting an electric signal at the second cardiac region, wherein the second cardiac region is a part of a ventricular conduction system of the heart, wherein the at least one electrode lead is adapted to be implanted in the second cardiac region, wherein the second cardiac region is at least one chosen from a His bundle and a left bundle branch,
b) generating and releasing a notification signal when the second electrode lead configuration is selected, and
c) stimulating the human or animal heart via activation of the implantable medical device, wherein the first computer-readable program causes the first processor not to generate a notification signal when the first electrode lead configuration is selected.