WO1998014239A1 - An implantable medical device comprising an accelerometer - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to an implantable medical device, in particular an implantable heart stimulator, in accordance with the preamble of claim 1.
- variable rate pacemaker having a piezo-electric element which, when subjected to motion, vibrates due to the resulting strain upon it to ! 0 provide alternating voltage. Said voltage is used for varying the rate of the pacemaker which consequently is varied in response to the physical activity of the pacemaker patient.
- Pacemakers commonly uses electrodes for sensing electrical signals related to heart activity. Alternatively a pacemaker may use sounds related to heart activity for monitoring
- US-patent 5.447,523 discloses a pacemaker including a microphone for sensing acoustic heart signals.
- the microphone includes a sensor responsive to relative movement between two portions of the pacemaker housing caused by heart movements.
- the sensed signals are filtered and systolic time intervals (STI) are extracted from it.
- STI systolic time intervals
- amplitude of the detected sound signal is small since only the difference in movement between the two housing portions is detected.
- the quality of the sensed sound signal varies from patient to patient depending on the bodily constitution of the patient.
- a primary object of the invention is to solve the abovementioned problem that the quality of the sensed sound signal varies from patient to patient depending on the bodily ) constitution of the patient.
- a second object is to solve the abovementioned problem related to the fact that the systolic time intervals suffer from lack of sensitivity as control parameters for a pacemaker.
- a third object of the present invention also relates to the problem of providing a heart stimulator having means for generating suitable stimulation signals without the need for electrodes for electrically sensing heart activity.
- a status value related to heart activity is established as a quotient between two parameter values.
- the establishing of quotients leads to elimination of the disadvantageous dependence of measured values on the bodily 10 constitution of the patient. Furthermore the quotient values are less dependent on the position of the patients body than are the parameter values as such.
- I ⁇ direction of sensitivity substantially perpendicular to the plane of the disc shaped housing of the implantable device.
- the device according to the invention can of course be used to measure physical activity in " ) a rate responsive pacemaker.
- physical activity is normally represented by a vibration frequency of less than 20 Hz and heart sound generated vibrations has normally a frequency of more than 20 Hz.
- the device is easily vibrated in response to vibrations in the tissue in which it is placed when implanted, since it preferably has a weight below 20 grams. This feature, particularly
- a very advantageous placement of the device, giving the highest sensitivity to heart sound, is to place it directly on the heart where it can be placed either between the epicardium and the pericardium or on the pericardium.
- an implanted heart sound detector detects and registrates heart sounds with a greater accuracy than a conventionel heart stethoscope does, giving very valuable information from a diagnostic viewpoint leading to a better security for the diagnosis for patients in different situations.
- Fig 1A shows a schematic block diagram of a first preferred embodiment of the invention.
- Fig IB is a perspective view of a heart stimulator shown implanted in association with a heart for pacing.
- Fig 2 is a sectional side view of an embodiment of a detector, which may be used in the device according to Fig IB, as seen in the direction of vector x in Fig IB.
- Fig 3 is a sectional side view of an alternative embodiment of the detector.
- Fig 4 is a frequency/amplitude diagram illustrating the sensitivity of the detector shown in
- Fig 5 is a frequency /amplitude diagram illustrating the method of dividing the sensor signal into a number of frequency bands.
- Figure 6A shows a schematic block diagram of a second embodiment of the heart stimulator according to the invention.
- Figure 6B shows an extracorporeal signal processing device adapted to communicate with the pacemaker according to Figure 6A.
- Figure 7 is a time/amplitude diagram illustrating parameter values in the shape of sampled values indicating the temporal progression of the 50 hertz component of a sensor signal. Detailed description of the embodiments
- Fig 1A shows a schematic block diagram of a first embodiment of an implantable device 10 for providing stimulation signals and for detecting signals relating to heart activity of a patient.
- the device 10 comprises an accelerometer 20, which is mechanically connected to the housing 30 of the stimulator 10, as will be described in detail in connection with Figures 2 and 3.
- the accelerometer 20 senses the vibrations of the pacemaker housing 30.
- the accelerometer 20 and the housing 30 functions together as a microphone for acoustic waves corresponding to heart valve sounds and heart muscle movements.
- the accelerometer produces an vibration signal S comprising information about the activity of the heart.
- the signal is processed such that a plurality of parameter values are generated.
- the parameter values it is possible to determine the medical status of the heart.
- the accelerometer 20 supplies the vibration signal S to a processing unit 40, which includes a plurality of bandpass filters 50 for dividing the electrical signal S into a plurality of frequency bands B, - B n , the frequency bands having the center frequency at e.g. 50, 100, 200 and 400 Hz. However other center frequencies, both higher and lower ones are possible depending on the frequency of interest.
- a unit 60 is arranged for measuring the energy P, - P n in each frequency band, for generating a reference value P tot comprising the total amount of energy calculated as the sum of P, - P n , and for dividing each individual energy value P, - P n with the reference value so as to achieve a number of parameter values C, - C n .
- the energy values P, - P n are sampled with a sampling frequency f s , which may be, for example, 2 kHz. Accordingly, n digital energy signals will be generated, each signal indicating the actual sensed energy within a specified frequency band.
- the parameter values C, - C n are supplied to a control unit 100 where a set of status values are determined as a quotient between two simultaneously generated parameter values.
- the control unit is in Fig. 1 shown as a separate unit but could as well be an integral part of the processing unit 40.
- Each parameter value constitutes a value indicative of the amount of vibration of the stimulator housing in the respective frequency region.
- Q 2 CV C 3
- the parameter values forming the quotient e.g. C, and C 2
- ⁇ which conditions to be studied, e.g. valve sounds and heart muscle movements from heart tissue close to the pacemaker housing.
- the heart's contractility is for example reflected by the frequency content of the heart sound in the way that a heavier heart contraction is shown as a frequency shift towards higher frequencies.
- the normal values for the quotients constitute reference status values in response to which a first operational mode of the heart stimulator may be suitable. Such normal values are stored in a memory means 70.
- the control unit operates to monitor the new status values in realtime.
- I By means of I ) registering a predefined deviation from the stored reference status values another operational mode for the heart stimulator can be activated.
- a stimulation control signal CS is generated in response to these comparisons made in the control unit 100.
- the heart's contractility can be determined from the detected heart sound, and then also other parameters related to the contractility, e.g. the stroke volume, blood pressure (P) '0 and dP/dt. These parameters can be used by the control unit to decide which operational mode the heart stimulator should work in. Using one or many of these parameters as a control parameter for a pacemaker is well known by a person skilled in the art of pacemakers and is therefore not described in this application.
- the parameter values C, - C n can also be supplied to the memory means 70 for storage in consecutive time order and to a limit value sensor 80.
- the limit value sensor 80 is operative to provide comparisons between the actual parameter values received on a first input 90 from the signal processing unit 40 with reference parameter values stored in the memory means 70. According to one version of the invention the limit value sensor 80 generates a
- the limit value sensor compares the actual parameter value C, with the moving average C, a and if one or several of the actual parameter values C, - C ⁇ deviate by more than a predetermined amount from the corresponding moving average the limit value sensor 80 generates an alarm signal L.
- the alarm signal L is supplied to an alarm transmitter 95.
- the alarm signal L may be stored in the memory means 70 so as to be readable for example by means of telemetry at a later point in time when the patient visits a doctor.
- the signal processing unit 40 also provides a continuous energy signal having an amplitude corresponding to the actual energy within each respective frequency band. Accordingly the signal processing unit provides n energy signals P cl - P cn to a control unit 100.
- the control unit 100 operates to generate a stimulation control signal in response to the energy signals.
- the stimulator control signal CS is provided to a stimulation signal generator 110.
- signal generator 110 comprises a signal output 120 and a reference output 130.
- the signal output 120 is coupled to a conductor 140 in an implantable lead 150 having a tip electrode 160 which is connected to the conductor 140.
- the lead 150 also has a ring electrode 170 which is connected to a conductor 180 in the lead 150.
- the conductor 180 is coupled to the reference output 130. Accordingly the stimulator signal potential provided between
- the output 120 is coupled to a lead having only one electrode and the reference terminal 130 is coupled to the housing 30 which is electrically conductive and which functions as a reference electrode.
- Fig IB there is shown a simplified representation of two ways that an implanted pacemaker 10 may make electrical contact with the heart of the patient.
- Fig IB reflects the use of a bipolar lead 150 being directed into the right atrium 190 of the heart.
- the distal tip electrode 160 is typically placed in a cavity of the right atrium 190 referred to
- the housing 30 of the stimulator device 10 is substantially disc shaped with one side wall 210 positioned in the plane defined by the two orthogonal axes x and y in Fig IB.
- the side wall 210 has an area of preferably 500 mm 2 .
- Figs 2 and 3 show two alternative embodiments of the accelerometer 20 in the device according to the invention.
- Both of the shown embodiments comprise two elongated members of piezoelectric material 300 and 310 which are attached to each other and arranged in an aligned fashion next to each other so as to form an elongated sensor body.
- One end of the elongated sensor body is attached to the housing 30 (Fig 1A and Fig IB) by fastening means 320.
- the direction of elongation of the elongated sensor body 300. 310 is substantially parallel to the wall 210 of the housing 30.
- the elongated sensor body also has a moveable end 325, which is provided with a weight 330.
- the inertia of the weight 330 will cause the sensor body to bend in response to accelerations of the housing 30. Accordingly, when the stimulator device is implanted in the body of the patient in a manner shown in Fig IB the free end 325 of the sensor body will move in a direction substantially parallel with the direction of the normal z to the surface of the wall 210.
- the elongated members 300 and 310 are polarized in substantially opposing directions as indicated by arrows 340 and 350 in Fig 2.
- an electrical signal S is provided between terminals 360 and 370.
- the two elongated elements 300 and 310 are polarized in the same direction as indicated by arrows 380 and 390.
- a first electric sensor signal is provided between terminals U 3 and U 4 while a second electric signal is provided between terminals U 4 and U 5 .
- the two signals are transformed into one sensor signal S.
- the electrical vibration signal S is divided into one signal for each frequency band as described above.
- the accelerometer shown in Figs 2 and 3 has a sensitivity of about 100 millivolts per g, that is roughly 10 millivolts per ms '2 for vibrations having a frequency between 20 hertz and 600 hertz.
- a typical frequency response curve for an accelerometer according to Fig 2 is shown in Fig 4. ' )
- Locating the accelerometer 20 in contact with the housing 30 enables the accelerometer to provide a sensor signal in response to the movements of the stimulator 10. This means that the vibration signal S depends on the vibrations of the heart stimulator 10.
- the stimulation device 10 when implanted, functions to measure the activity of the heart of the patient by sensing mechanical vibrations transmitted by body tissue to the housing of the device 10.
- a fundamental problem related to all measurements is to minimize the influence of the measurement tool on the object to be measured. The inventor realized that in the case of accurately measuring vibrations in body tissue, this problem is transformed
- Tests for determining the influence of the weight of the stimulator 10 on the sensitivity indicate that when the weight of the stimulator 10 is below 50 grams the sensitivity reaches '0 acceptable values.
- the sensitivity is particularly favourable when the weight of the stimulator 10 is below 20 grams.
- the stimulator 10 has a weight W in the range from 13 to 17 grams.
- Tests for determining the influence of the disc-shaped side wall area of the stimulator 10 on ⁇ ⁇ ) the sensitivity indicate that when the side wall area of the stimulator 10 is below 1500 mm 2 for adults the sensitivity reaches favourable values.
- the measurement sensitivity to high frequency vibrations, i.e. above 400 Hz, increases when the side wall area is decreased.
- the stimulator device 10 has a side wall area of 500 mm 2 for adults.
- the results of the tests indicate that the vibration signal S is advantageously accurate when the quotient of the weight W and the side wall area has a value below 0.05 g/mm 2 . for adults provided that the side wall area is kept below 1000 mm 2 .
- a plurality of bandpass filters 50 are used for dividing the vibration signal S into a plurality of indicator signals S, - S n .
- Each indicator signal has a bandwidth corresponding to the three dB bandwidth of the corresponding bandpass filter.
- the full lines illustrates the frequency response for the filters FI - Fn, having bandwidths B, - B n .
- the number of frequency bands is arbitrary but there should be at least three frequency bands. All frequency bands are within the frequency range where vibration signals are related to heart sound. According to a preferred embodiment the frequency range of the vibration signal S is between 0.2 hertz to 1000 hertz.
- FIG. 6A A block diagram of a pacemaker body including electronic circuitry in accordance with a second preferred embodiment of the invention is shown in Figure 6A.
- the pacemaker 10 comprises a hermetically sealed housing 30.
- the pacemaker includes among other things a microprocessor 400 which is coupled to a read only memory, ROM, 410 and a read/write- memory. RAM, 420 via data busses 430, 440 and address busses 450, 460. There is also a lead 470 from the microprocessor 400 to the RAM 420 for setting the RAM 420 in a selected write mode or a selected read mode.
- a computer program is stored in the ROM 410. and by means of this program the function of the pacemaker 10 is controlled.
- the microprocessor 400 executes a certain function it is to be understood that the microprocessor executes a certain part of the program stored in the memory 410 using data stored in the memory 420.
- a clock signal generator 480 provides a clock signal to the microprocessor and also thereby provides a time reference for the pacemaker.
- the microprocessor 400 comprises a plurality of input/output terminals 490 coupled to two signal channels 500, 510.
- the channel 500 is an output channel suitable for providing stimulation pulses to the heart.
- the channel 500 ' SO comprises a stimulation pulse generator 512 having an output U,.
- the pulse generator 512 is coupled to a corresponding output from the microprocessor 400 via a conductor 520, and the pulse generator 512 is arranged to produce a stimulation pulse in response to a signal provided from the output of the microprocessor.
- Digital data for determining for example the shape of the stimulation pulse, such as the amplitude and the duration is provided to the pulse generator 512 via a lead 530 from the microprocessor 400.
- the channel 510 comprises an analogue-to-digital (A/D) signal converter 540 having an input I, for receiving an electrical signal corresponding to a detectable activity from the accelerometer 20.
- the output of the A/D converter provides a digital signal S d which is provided to a corresponding input of the microprocessor 400 via a databus.
- the pacemaker 10 also comprises a first connector means having a socket 550 for mating with a corresponding second connector means provided at one end of an implantable lead, such as the above described lead 150, see Fig IB.
- the socket 550 comprises a pin socket 560 and a connector ring 570.
- the microprocessor 400 is coupled to a telemetric device 600 capable of transmitting and receiving data.
- the telemetric device 600 comprises an antenna 610 for communicating with a corresponding extracorporeal telemetric device.
- Figure 6B shows an extracorporeal data processing arrangement having an antenna 620 10 coupled to a telemetric device 630 for enabling communication with an implanted telemetric device such as the above described device 600.
- the telemetric device 630 is coupled to a computer unit 640 comprising a data processing unit 650, an input/output device 660. such as a keyboard, and an output device 670 such as a screen.
- the microprocessor can establish an amplitude value for a chosen frequency at a particular point in time.
- These consecutive values are represented in fig 7 as V, 50 , V 2 50 , V 3 50 , V 4 50 ... V N 50 .
- a set of amplitude values are established for the same points of time for the following frequency components: 100, 200 and 400 hertz.
- Each amplitude value constitutes a parameter value indicative of the amount of vibration of the stimulator housing in the respective frequency region.
- the heart of the patient is healthy there is a certain relation between the amplitudes in two different frequency regions. Accordingly a typical value for the quotient
- I " 1 :400.50 * 1,40 ⁇ / * 1,50 when the patient ' s heart is healthy will be altered to another value indicative of different heart conditions, e.g. valve sounds and heart muscle movements from heart tissue close to the pacemaker housing, if the patient's heart condition changes.
- the normal values for the quotients constitute reference status values in response to which a first operational mode of the heart stimulator may be suitable. Such normal values are stored in the memory means 410 or 420, see Fig 6A.
- the processor operates to monitor the new status values in realtime. By means of . ' , ' registering a predefined deviation from the stored reference status values another operational mode for the heart stimulator can be activated.
- the registered status values may be transmitted to the extracorporeal data processing arrangement 640, cf. Fig 6B.
- the parameter values • ) and the status values may be a useful information for helping a doctor in establishing the type of heart condition of a patient.
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