Appeal No. 96-2179 Page 8
Application 07/613,466
means 50 for generating
pacing pulses at a pacing
rate,
means 16 for applying
electrical stimulus pulses
to the heart;
means 54 for ascertaining means 18 for detecting a
the value of a rate-control cardiac event potential;
parameter "RCP", means 54 for integrating the
detected potential over
time to obtain a selected
parameter;
closed-loop control means 192 for storing said
means 50 for adjusting said selected parameter;
pacing rate in accordance means 190 for comparing
with the value of said RCP, said selected parameter
and with a corresponding
selected parameter of at
least one previous
cardiac cycle that has
been stored; and
means 198 for controlling
the rate of said
electrical stimulus
pulses in response to
said comparison.
means 50 for causing said [25. ...means 190 for
closed-loop control means to comparing said selected
self-adapt to the changes in parameter with a target
value of said RCP which are value; and
due to factors other than means 198 for controlling the
stress, exercise and heart rate of said electrical
rate. stimulus pulses in
response to said
comparison.]
18. A "[c]ardiac pacing apparatus" (Callaghan '900)
would have implied some "means for generating pacing pulses at
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