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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 27, 2011
Applicants:
Mustafa Karamanoglu, Fridley, MN (US);
Vincent E. Splett, Apple Valley, MN (US);
Nancy J. Rakow, Oak Grove, MN (US);
Linnea R. Lentz, Stacy, MN (US);
Inventors:
Mustafa Karamanoglu, Fridley, MN (US);
Vincent E. Splett, Apple Valley, MN (US);
Nancy J. Rakow, Oak Grove, MN (US);
Linnea R. Lentz, Stacy, MN (US);
Assignee:
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system and method for delivering a nerve stimulation therapy determines whether a cardiac EGM signal can be sensed by a bipolar pair of electrodes selected from a number of electrodes positioned for stimulating a nerve. In response to not being able to sense a cardiac signal using the bipolar pair, stimulation of the nerve using a selected pair of the electrodes is enabled.