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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2007
Filed:
Oct. 26, 2001
Michael R. S. Hill, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Gary W. King, Fridley, MN (US);
Thomas J. Mullen, Ham Lake, MN (US);
Xiaohong Zhou, Plymouth, MN (US);
Michael R. S. Hill, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Gary W. King, Fridley, MN (US);
Thomas J. Mullen, Ham Lake, MN (US);
Xiaohong Zhou, Plymouth, MN (US);
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus to provide therapy to a patient for protecting cardiac tissue from insult is disclosed. The method comprises delivering closed loop electrical stimulation to one or more predetermined portions of a portion of excitable tissue of the spinal cord of a patient; and monitoring one or more physiologic indices of the body. That is, a closed-loop feedback controller is used to apply electrical stimulation to preselected regions of the spinal cord of a patient's body based upon one or more aspects of the physiologic indices.