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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2022
Filed:
Jun. 02, 2020
Applicant:
Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Inventors:
Weiying Zhao, Cupertino, CA (US);
Quan Ni, Shoreview, MN (US);
Stephen B. Ruble, Lino Lakes, MN (US);
Jason J. Hamann, Blaine, MN (US);
Assignee:
Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/36 (2006.01); A61N 1/365 (2006.01); A61N 1/37 (2006.01); A61N 1/05 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/36114 (2013.01); A61N 1/0551 (2013.01); A61N 1/36053 (2013.01); A61N 1/36592 (2013.01); A61N 1/3712 (2013.01); A61N 1/36117 (2013.01);
Abstract
According to various method embodiments, a person is indicated for a therapy to treat a cardiovascular disease, and the therapy is delivered to the person to treat the cardiovascular disease. Delivering the therapy includes delivering a vagal stimulation therapy (VST) to a vagus nerve of the person at a therapeutically-effective intensity for the cardiovascular disease that is below an upper boundary at which upper boundary the VST would lower an intrinsic heart rate during the VST.