• DocumentCode
    949332
  • 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
  • Volume
    25
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    2006
  • Firstpage
    38
  • Lastpage
    48
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0739-5175
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MEMB.2006.1636350
  • Filename
    1636350