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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 24, 2011
Keiichiro Nakajima, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroki Hibino, Tokyo, JP;
Keiichiro Nakajima, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroki Hibino, Tokyo, JP;
Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A nerve stimulation apparatus performs nerve stimulation of a required level while reducing the adverse effect on the heart and on the detection of a cardiac event. Provided is a nerve stimulation apparatus that includes a stimulation signal output unit that outputs a nerve stimulation signal; a cardiac event detector that detects a cardiac event; and a controller that controls the stimulation signal output unit so as to output a nerve stimulation signal having a smaller intensity in a non-refractory period than that in a cardiac refractory period that is obtained on the basis of the cardiac event detected by the cardiac event detector.