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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 2010
Filed:
Apr. 28, 2005
Xiaohong Zhou, Plymouth, MN (US);
Thomas J. Mullen, Andover, MN (US);
Michael R. S. Hill, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Steve R. Laporte, Rhinelander, WI (US);
Gary W. King, Fridley, MN (US);
Xiaohong Zhou, Plymouth, MN (US);
Thomas J. Mullen, Andover, MN (US);
Michael R. S. Hill, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Steve R. Laporte, Rhinelander, WI (US);
Gary W. King, Fridley, MN (US);
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
According to the present invention at least a pair of neurological stimulation electrodes are disposed in, on, about, adjacent and/or within excitable neural tissue of a subject. Cardiac activity of a patient is detected using one or more electrodes adapted for delivery of a neurological stimulation therapy (NST). Following detection of certain types of cardiac activity one or more of the plurality of stimulation electrodes deliver or withhold NST, if desired in synchrony with the cardiac activity or in response to the detected cardiac activity. The NST delivered includes without limitation subcutaneous stimulation, peripheral, TENS and/or vagal nerve stimulation therapy or the like.