PACTOT: A Reprogrammable Software Pacing System
W.R.M. Dassen, ALBERT VAN DER STELD, William P. S. Van Braam, Karel den Dulk, Anton P.M. Gorgels, Pedro Brugada, Hein J.J. Wellens · Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology · 1985
The long battery life in modern pacemakers has created the need for pacemakers in which all the parameters can be changed and updated. The availability of such a system has potential advantages: new pacing techniques can be programmed without reoperation; the number of different pacemaker systems in stock in a hospital can be reduced to this reprogrammable unit; and, finally, this system can be of great help in designing and evaluating new pacing strategies.