Abstract: A medical device includes a motion sensor for producing a motion signal including cardiac event signals. The medical device generates a ventricular pacing pulse upon expiration of a pacing interval. The medical device determines a synchrony metric from the motion signal after a delivered ventricular pacing pulse and adjusts the pacing interval based on the synchrony metric.

Abstract: The invention relates to an energy management framework and method for rail transit energy storage, which relates to the energy management field of rail transit energy storage. The energy management framework comprises central-level controller, several station-level controllers, and several device-level controllers; among them, the central-level controller is wirelessly connected to all station-level controllers; a station-level controller is connected to a device-level controller by wired communication. The invention realizes the energy management of rail transit energy storage based on the above three-level energy management framework (center level, station level and device level structure).

Abstract: A surgical method treats infections on a lead positioned at least partially within a patient's body. The surgical method includes uncoupling the lead from a pulse generator. The lead is then coupled to an ultrasound wave generator. Ultrasound waves are propagated from the ultrasound wave generator through the lead. Systems are disclosed.

Abstract: An implantable lead system may include an adjustable lead assembly. The lead assembly may include a fixation member and an implantable lead slidably coupled to and rotatable relative to the fixation member. The implantable lead system may include a telescoping delivery system. The delivery system may include an outer catheter and an inner catheter slidably coupled to and rotatable relative to the outer catheter. The lead assembly may be implanted in a cardiac septal wall through the delivery assembly.

Abstract: An implantable medical device system receives a cardiac electrical signal produced by a patient's heart and comprising atrial P-waves and delivers a His bundle pacing pulse to the patient's heart via a His pacing electrode vector. The system determines a timing of a sensed atrial P-wave relative to the His bundle pacing pulse and determines a type of capture of the His bundle pacing pulse in response to the determined timing of the atrial P-wave.

Abstract: A medical device includes a motion sensor for producing a motion signal including cardiac event signals. The medical device generates a ventricular pacing pulse upon expiration of a pacing interval. The medical device determines a synchrony metric from the motion signal after a delivered ventricular pacing pulse and adjusts the pacing interval based on the synchrony metric.

Abstract: An implantable lead system may include an adjustable lead assembly. The lead assembly may include a fixation member and an implantable lead slidably coupled to and rotatable relative to the fixation member. The implantable lead system may include a telescoping delivery system. The delivery system may include an outer catheter and an inner catheter slidably coupled to and rotatable relative to the outer catheter. The lead assembly may be implanted in a cardiac septal wall through the delivery assembly.

Abstract: An adapter configured to electrically connect a test device to an implantable medical lead comprises a rotational electrical coupling. The rotational electrical coupling is configured to electrically connect a lead electrical connector to an adapter electrical connector. The rotational electrical coupling comprises a first conductive component configured to be electrically connected to the lead electrical connector and rotatable with a proximal portion of the implantable medical lead, and a second conductive component electrically connected to the first conductive component and the adapter electrical connector. The second conductive component may be rotationally fixed. The first and second conductive components may comprise graphite or another soft metal.

Abstract: An implantable medical device system receives a cardiac electrical signal produced by a patient's heart and comprising atrial P-waves and delivers a His bundle pacing pulse to the patient's heart via a His pacing electrode vector. The system determines a timing of a sensed atrial P-wave relative to the His bundle pacing pulse and determines a type of capture of the His bundle pacing pulse in response to the determined timing of the atrial P-wave.

Abstract: A method, system and device for implanting an electrode assembly of an implantable medical device in a patient's heart. Positioning one or more radiopaque markers in a coronary sinus of the patient's heart. Positioning, by using the one or more positioned radiopaque markers as a fluoroscopic visual reference, a distal tip of a delivery catheter within a right atrium of the patient's heart so that a distal opening of a lumen of the catheter is against a septal wall of the heart at a location between the ostium of the coronary sinus and the A-V nodal area of the right atrium, and so that the tip of the catheter is generally directed toward a left ventricle of the patient's heart. Advancing the electrode assembly through the lumen of the catheter and into the septal wall.

Abstract: The present application discloses a method and a model for controlling an energy storage system for rail transit, a device, and a storage medium. The method includes: determining an offline charging-discharging action according to a state of an energy storage system based on an offline algorithm; determining an online charging-discharging action according to the state of the energy storage system based on a deep reinforcement learning algorithm; acquiring a fusion ratio of the offline charging-discharging action to the online charging-discharging action according to a communication delay amount and a delay degree; and fusing the offline charging-discharging action and the online charging-discharging action according to the fusion ratio and outputting a fusion result to the energy storage system.

Abstract: An adapter configured to electrically connect a test device to an implantable medical lead comprises a rotational electrical coupling. The rotational electrical coupling is configured to electrically connect a lead electrical connector to an adapter electrical connector. The rotational electrical coupling comprises a first conductive component configured to be electrically connected to the lead electrical connector and rotatable with a proximal portion of the implantable medical lead, and a second conductive component electrically connected to the first conductive component and the adapter electrical connector. The second conductive component may be rotationally fixed. The first and second conductive components may comprise graphite or another soft metal.

Abstract: A control method, device, apparatus and storage medium for a supercapacitor energy storage device is provided, where the method includes: collecting life characterization parameters of the supercapacitor energy storage device and performing life evaluation to obtain a life evaluation result, inputting the life evaluation result into a constructed fuzzy rule base, and outputting a constraint condition adjustment parameter; obtaining a constraint condition according to the constraint condition adjustment parameter, and optimizing control parameters using a genetic algorithm in conjunction with an optimized objective function to obtain first control parameters; and controlling charging and discharging currents of the supercapacitor energy storage device using a droop control method according to the first control parameters.

Abstract: An example implantable medical device includes a stimulating lead includes receive one or more signals indicative of one or more physiologic parameters; deliver electrical therapy to stimulate a muscle wrapped around a heart via one or more electrodes of a stimulating lead; and adjust an amount of the electrical therapy delivered, via the stimulating electrodes, based on the one or more physiologic parameters.

Abstract: An effective capacity estimation method and system for super capacitor energy storage systems are provided. The method includes: establishing a nonlinear electrical model of supercapacitor cell and an equivalent electrical model of a supercapacitor system; obtaining the first test data by charging the supercapacitor cell; based on the first test data, setting the initial value of parameters of the nonlinear electrical model of the supercapacitor cell by a preset algorithm; using a least-square method to identify the parameters of the nonlinear electrical model of the supercapacitor cell; obtaining electrical parameters of the equivalent electrical model of the supercapacitor system except the connection resistance parameters, carrying out a charging test of the supercapacitor system to obtain the connection resistance parameters, and estimating an effective capacity of the supercapacitor energy storage system based on the equivalent electrical model of the supercapacitor system after parameter identification.

Abstract: A method, system and device for implanting an electrode assembly of an implantable medical device in a patient's heart. Positioning one or more radiopaque markers in a coronary sinus of the patient's heart. Positioning, by using the one or more positioned radiopaque markers as a fluoroscopic visual reference, a distal tip of a delivery catheter within a right atrium of the patient's heart so that a distal opening of a lumen of the catheter is against a septal wall of the heart at a location between the ostium of the coronary sinus and the A-V nodal area of the right atrium, and so that the tip of the catheter is generally directed toward a left ventricle of the patient's heart. Advancing the electrode assembly through the lumen of the catheter and into the septal wall.

Abstract: VfA cardiac therapy uses an implantable medical device or system. The implantable medical device includes a tissue-piercing electrode implanted in the basal and/or septal region of the left ventricular myocardium of the patient's heart from the triangle of Koch region of the right atrium through the right atrial endocardium and central fibrous body. The device may include a right atrial electrode, a right atrial motion detector, or both. The device may be implanted completely within the patient's heart or may use one or more leads to implant electrodes in the patient's heart. The device may be used to provide cardiac therapy, including single or multiple chamber pacing, atrioventricular synchronous pacing, asynchronous pacing, triggered pacing, cardiac resynchronization pacing, or tachycardia-related therapy. A separate medical device may be used to provide some functionality for cardiac therapy, such as sensing, pacing, or shock therapy.

Abstract: Novel tools and techniques are provided for presenting patient information to a user. In some embodiments, a computer system may: receive device data associated with one or more devices configured to perform a cardiac shunting procedure to change a cardiac blood flow pattern to improve cardiac blood flow efficiency or cardiac pumping efficiency; receive one or more imaging data associated with one or more imaging devices configured to generate images of one or more internal portions of the patient; analyze the device data and the imaging data; map the device data and the imaging data to a multi-dimensional representation of the one or more internal portions of the patient; generate one or more image-based outputs based at least in part on the mapping; and present, using a user experience (“UX”) device, the generated one or more image-based outputs.

Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods may be used to deliver and provide cardiac pacing therapy to a patient. Leads or leadlets carrying one or more left ventricular electrodes may be positioned in or near the interventricular septum to sense and pace left ventricular signals of the patient's heart. In one example, a leadlet including one or more left ventricular electrodes may extend in the coronary sinus from a leadless implantable medical device located in the right atrium.

Abstract: A surgical method treats infections on a lead positioned at least partially within a patient's body. The surgical method includes uncoupling the lead from a pulse generator. The lead is then coupled to an ultrasound wave generator. Ultrasound waves are propagated from the ultrasound wave generator through the lead. Systems are disclosed.