creator Arzbaecher, Robert C. creator Bump, Thomas E. creator Yurkonis, Charles E. creator Bloem, David R. A method and an implantable apparatus for automatically delivering a defibrillating drug to a patient upon detection of the onset of atrial fibrillation. Atrial activity of a heart is detected and monitored. A delivery time is continuously computed and a delivery signal is emitted as a function of the monitored level of the atrial activity. When the delivery signal is emitted, an infusion pump discharges a defibrillating drug into the bloodstream of the patient. The atrial activity is also continuously monitored for computing a pacing time at which a pacing signal is emitted as a second function of the monitored level of atrial activity. When the pacing signal is emitted a pacer paces the atrium of the heart. Submitted by Aric Ahrens (ahrens@iit.edu) on 2011-12-12T19:18:51Z No. of bitstreams: 1 5527344.pdf: 235695 bytes, checksum: 69954e8549dd8bba7c92f94409504b89 (MD5) Made available in DSpace on 2011-12-12T19:18:51Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 5527344.pdf: 235695 bytes, checksum: 69954e8549dd8bba7c92f94409504b89 (MD5) Previous issue date: 1996-06-18 Illinois Institute of Technology 2009-05-11 1996-06-18 5,527,344 http://hdl.handle.net/10560/2413 en United States Patent Patent reformatted digital application/pdf No Copyright - United States http://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/ Open Access