Title :
The evolution of pacemakers
Author :
Haddad, Sandro A P ; Houben, Richard P M ; Serdijin, W.A.
Author_Institution :
Fac. of Electr. Eng., Math. & Comput. Sci., Delft Univ. of Technol., Netherlands
Abstract :
A brief overview of the history and development of circuit designs applied in pacemakers has been presented. The advances in IC designs have resulted in increasingly sophisticated pacing circuitry, providing, for instance, diagnostic analysis, adaptive rate response, and programmability. Also, based on future trends for pacemakers, some features and improvements for modern cardiac sensing systems have been described.
Keywords :
electrocardiography; integrated circuit design; pacemakers; patient diagnosis; reviews; IC designs; adaptive rate response; circuit designs; diagnostic analysis; modern cardiac sensing; overview; pacemakers; programmability; sophisticated pacing circuitry; Cardiovascular diseases; Circuit synthesis; Heart; Humans; Implants; Muscles; Optical fiber polarization; Pacemakers; Rhythm; Wavelet analysis; Cardiovascular Diseases; Equipment Design; History, 20th Century; History, 21st Century; Humans; Pacemaker, Artificial;
Journal_Title :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MEMB.2006.1636350
