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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 15, 2004
Amir J. Tehrani, Redwood City, CA (US);
David Ligon, Redwood City, CA (US);
Amir J. Tehrani, Redwood City, CA (US);
David Ligon, Redwood City, CA (US);
RMX, LLC, San Francisco, CA (US);
Abstract
A stimulation device is provided that stimulates breathing to manipulate blood gas concentrations such as SaOor PCOand thereby treat underlying causes of breathing disorders and heart failure progression. A programmable device is provided for setting diaphragm stimulation waveforms that adjust minute ventilation about a predetermined baseline value. Normal breathing of the subject is observed to establish a baseline reference minute ventilation, and the device is programmed to produce stimulation waveforms that may provide either a decrease or an increase in the patients minute ventilation. The minute ventilation of the subject may be decreased or increased from the baseline level by decreasing or increasing a parameter that changes minute ventilators.