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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2009
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2005
Applicants:
Randolph K. Armstrong, Houston, TX (US);
Scott A. Armstrong, Danbury, TX (US);
Inventors:
Randolph K. Armstrong, Houston, TX (US);
Scott A. Armstrong, Danbury, TX (US);
Assignee:
Cyberonics, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method (and associated apparatus) of providing electrical neurostimulation therapy to a patient using an implanted neurostimulator comprises (a) delivering an electrical stimulation to a nerve and (b) determining whether a predetermined condition has occurred as a result of the stimulation. The method further comprises (c) if the predetermined condition has not occurred, adjusting one or more stimulation parameters; and (d) repeating (a), (b), and (c) until the predetermined condition occurs.