ATRIAL DEFIBRILLATION SYSTEM HAVING PATIENT SELECTABLE ATRIAL FIBRILLATION DETECTION

摘要

An atrial defibrillation system includes an implanted atrial defibrillator (30) having an atrial defibrillation detector (70) for detecting atrial fibrillation, and a cardioverter (76) for cardioverting the atria of a heart (16). The implanted atrial defibrillator (30) further includes a receiver (105) for receiving commands from an external non-implanted transmitter (100). A non-implanted communication device (110) includes a transmitter (116) for transmitting a command to the receiver (105). The command causes only the atrial fibrillation detector (70) to be activated resulting only in the detection for atrial fibrillation without committing to atrial fibrillation cardio-version should atrial fibrillation be detected.