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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 22, 2014
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Xiaohong Zhou, Woodbury, MN (US);
Lilian Kornet, Maastricht, NL;
Richard N. M. Cornelussen, Maastricht, NL;
Paul D. Ziegler, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Robert Stadler, Shoreview, MN (US);
Eduardo Warman, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Karen J. Kleckner, New Brighton, MN (US);
Lucy Nichols, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Alberto Della Scala, Rome, IT;
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
The disclosure herein relates generally to methods for treating heart conditions using vagal stimulation, and further to systems and devices for performing such treatment. Such methods may include monitoring physiological parameters of a patient, detecting cardiac conditions, and delivering vagal stimulation (e.g., electrical stimulation to the vagus nerve or neurons having parasympathetic function) to the patient to treat the detected cardiac conditions.