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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 06, 2023
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2021
Applicant:
Livanova Usa, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Shivkumar Sabesan, Houston, TX (US);
Steven E. Maschino, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
LivaNova USA, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/36064 (2013.01); A61N 1/36053 (2013.01); A61N 1/36139 (2013.01); A61N 1/36178 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method includes applying, by an implantable medical device (IMD), stimulation to a cranial nerve of a patient responsive to a determination that a level of synchrony between neural activity of one or more regions of an autonomic nervous system of the patient and one or more regions of a central nervous system of the patient falls below a first threshold and discontinuing the application of stimulation by the IMD when the level of synchrony exceeds a second threshold.