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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 1997
Filed:
Oct. 13, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
Jacob Zabara, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
607-9 ; 607118 ; 607148 ;
Abstract
Heart rhythm is stabilized within the heart's free running cycle by detecting arrhythmias in a mammalian subject, and then electronically stimulating the subject's vagus and cardiac sympathetic nerves. More specifically, vagus efferents are stimulated to directly cause heart rate to slow down, while cardiac sympathetic nerve efferents are stimulated to cause the heart rate to quicken. Simultaneously, afferents from vagus and/or cardiac sympathetic nerves induce the brain to employ the brain's natural mechanisms of heart rhythm control. Such nerve stimulation works in harmony with the body's natural mechanisms of heart rhythm control.
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