Patent 7089055 was granted and assigned to Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc. on August, 2006 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
An apparatus and method is presented for improving cardiac function after successful termination of a tachyarrhythmia such as ventricular fibrillation. A series of electrical stimulation pulses are delivered prior to a defibrillation shock if one or more specific criteria are met.