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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2012
Applicant:
Pacesetter, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventors:
Brian J. Wenzel, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Taraneh Ghaffari Farazi, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Pacesetter, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/00 (2006.01); A61N 1/36 (2006.01); A61B 5/04 (2006.01); A61N 1/365 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/36114 (2013.01); A61B 5/04001 (2013.01); A61N 1/36117 (2013.01); A61N 1/36514 (2013.01); A61N 1/36557 (2013.01); A61N 1/36564 (2013.01); A61B 5/7264 (2013.01);
Abstract
An exemplary embodiment includes acquiring an electroneurogram of the right carotid sinus nerve or the left carotid sinus nerve, analyzing the electroneurogram for at least one of chemosensory information and barosensory information and calling for one or more therapeutic actions based at least in part on the analyzing. Therapeutic actions may aim to treat conditions such as sleep apnea, an increase in metabolic demand, hypoglycemia, hypertension, renal failure, and congestive heart failure. Other exemplary methods, devices, systems, etc., are also disclosed.