End of Service Indicators
ERI (Elective replacement): When the remaining capacity of the battery is between 4% and 8%, the pacing rate switches to 85 ppm when a magnet is applied.
EOL (End of Life): When the remaining capacity of the battery is under 4% of the initial capacity, the pacing rate slows 10 ppm.
ERI and EOL also Displayed when Interrogated by PCP+ Programmer.
Service Life
The expected life of the generator, pacing 100% at 70 ppm, with 3.6 V amplitude and pulse width of 0.4 ms, is 9.2 years.
The expected life of the generator, pacing 100% at 60 ppm, with 2.5 V amplitude and pulse width of 0.4 ms, is 12.6 years.
Telemetry Data
Parameters: All the programmable parameters.
Identification: Serial number
Battery condition: Voltage, ERI and EOL indicators Threshold test by Pulse width and sensing available.
Statistics: Keeps track of pacing and sensing events, as well as ventricular premature events.
Marker Pulses.
Protections
Noise detection: When the pacemaker senses events with frequency exceeding 11 Hz, it switches to VOO mode.
Run Away Limit: The pacemaker includes an antirunaway circuit to avoid the generation of stimuli with a rate over 200 ppm (except in temporary programming).
Programming
The pacemaker is programmed using a Laptop that runs Windows 98 / 2000 / XP operating system. The programming system includes Log of Pacemaker History. It also permits the measurement of the stimulation thresholds using Pulse width. Top