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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2024
Filed:
Apr. 11, 2022
Applicant:
Covidien Lp, Mansfield, MA (US);
Inventors:
Abhijit Bhattacharya, Hyderabad, IN;
Berthold Stegemann, Kassel, DE;
Assignee:
Covidien LP, Mansfield, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/3611 (2013.01); A61N 1/36139 (2013.01); A61N 1/36153 (2013.01); A61N 1/36192 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system for stimulating phrenic nerves to provide smooth breathing patterns is provided. More specifically, by identifying contraction threshold voltages for muscles associated with each of the left and right portions of a patient's diaphragm, a phrenic nerve pacing signal customized for each phrenic nerve may be provided to a patient. More specifically, a voltage of a pacing voltage provided to a first phrenic nerve may be less than the contraction threshold while a voltage of a pacing voltage provided to a second phrenic nerve may be greater than the contraction threshold.