A System for Pacemaker Treatment Advice
Peter Lucas, Ruud Kuipers, Frederick Feith · Radboud Repository (Radboud University) · 2024
Abstract. Previously it has been shown that the process of program-ming a cardiac pacemaker can be described in terms of the theory of diagnosis. A set-theoretical framework of diagnosis has been taken as the basis for the construction of a system for pacemaker program-ming that in its present form is capable of assisting cardiologists. The system has been made available commercially in 2003 by Vitatron for its C series pacemakers. In this paper, we discuss the practical re-quirement imposed by the clinical environment in which pacemaker programming takes place. The theory of diagnosis that has been used is briefly reviewed, after which we describe the capabilities and limi-tations of the implemented system. The paper is rounded off by some ideas for future development. As far as we know, this is the first sys-tem of its kind in the area of pacemakers commercially available. 1