Pacemaker Battery State Checking by Stimulation Pulse Width Detection

摘要

Pacemaker therapy has indispensable role in therapy of many cardiac diseases. Lifetime of implantable pacemakers is several years. The time of right guaranteed functionality is limited by battery lifetime. The pacemaker battery state verifying is realizable by programmer of the concrete producer. This solution is costly. The other method of pacemaker battery state checking is analysis of patient's electrocardiogram. The paper deals with possibilities and methods of pacemaker battery state verifying and propose a motion for suitable system creation. The final system will provide the information about battery state. It will be embedded system with small size which will be used by general physicians and by patient at home as well.