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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 24, 2008
John C. Colborn, League City, TX (US);
Mark G. Frei, Oviedo, FL (US);
Ivan Osorio, Leawood, KS (US);
John C. Colborn, League City, TX (US);
Mark G. Frei, Oviedo, FL (US);
Ivan Osorio, Leawood, KS (US);
Cyberonics, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Flint Hills Scientific, LLC, Lawrence, KS (US);
Abstract
A method of treating a medical condition in a patient using an implantable medical device, comprising providing an electrical signal generator; providing at least a first electrode operatively coupled to the electrical signal generator and to a vagus nerve of the patient; sensing cardiac data of the patient; determining at least a first cardiac parameter based upon said cardiac data; setting at least a first value; declaring an unstable brain state of a patient from said at least a first cardiac parameter and said at least a first value; and adjusting the at least a first value. Also, a computer readable program storage device encoded with instructions that, when executed by a computer, performs the method. In addition, the implantable medical device used in the method.