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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2016
Filed:
May. 02, 2014
Applicant:
Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Inventors:
Marina V. Brockway, Shoreview, MN (US);
Imad Libbus, St. Paul, MN (US);
Krzysztof Z. Siejko, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Robert J. Sweeney, Woodbury, MN (US);
Assignee:
Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/372 (2006.01); A61N 1/36 (2006.01); A61B 5/024 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61N 1/362 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/3727 (2013.01); A61B 5/02405 (2013.01); A61B 5/4839 (2013.01); A61N 1/36114 (2013.01); A61N 1/36139 (2013.01); A61N 1/37264 (2013.01); A61B 5/4035 (2013.01); A61N 1/362 (2013.01); A61N 1/36117 (2013.01);
Abstract
Described herein are methods and devices that utilize electrical neural stimulation to treat heart failure by modulating a patient's autonomic balance in a manner that inhibits sympathetic activity and/or augments parasympathetic activity. Because other therapies for treating heart failure may also affect a patient's autonomic balance, a device for delivering neural stimulation is configured to appropriately titrate such therapy in either an open-loop or closed-loop fashion.