Patent 7734345 was granted and assigned to Medtronic on June, 2010 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
One method for aborting cardiac treatments includes detecting an arrhythmia in a heart of a patient with at least one electrode, which is located outside the heart of the patient. An alarm signal is generated after the detection of the arrhythmia to alert a user of an impending cardiac treatment. The cardiac treatment is cancelled if an abort signal is provided by the user within a predetermined amount of time.