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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 18, 2004
Imad Libbus, St. Paul, MN (US);
Andrew P. Kramer, Stillwater, MN (US);
Julia Moffitt, St. Anthony, MN (US);
Imad Libbus, St. Paul, MN (US);
Andrew P. Kramer, Stillwater, MN (US);
Julia Moffitt, St. Anthony, MN (US);
Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
Various aspects of the present subject matter provide a device. In various embodiments, the device comprises a port adapted to connect a lead, a pulse generator connected to the port and adapted to provide a neural stimulation signal to the lead, and a signal processing module connected to the port and adapted to receive and process a nerve traffic signal from the lead into a signal indicative of the nerve traffic. The device includes a controller connected to the pulse generator and the signal processing module. The controller is adapted to implement a stimulation protocol to provide the neural stimulation signal with desired neural stimulation parameters based on the signal indicative of the nerve traffic. Other aspects are provided herein.