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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 24, 2009
Timothy L. Scott, Sugarland, TX (US);
Timothy L. Scott, Sugarland, TX (US);
Cyberonics, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
Disclosed herein are methods, systems, and apparatus for treating a chronic medical condition in a patient. A time of beat sequence of the patient's heart is determined. A regulatory system parameter is determined based on the time of beat sequence. The parameter is indicative of a stress level of the patient's regulatory adaptation systems. The determined regulatory system parameter is compared with a threshold regulatory system parameter value. An electrical signal is applied to a neural structure of the patient to treat the chronic medical condition if the determined regulatory system parameter exceeds the threshold regulatory system parameter value.