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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 21, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 27, 2009
Applicants:
Avram Scheiner, Vadnais Heights, MN (US);
David E. Euler, Plymouth, MN (US);
Inventors:
Avram Scheiner, Vadnais Heights, MN (US);
David E. Euler, Plymouth, MN (US);
Assignee:
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/05 (2006.01); A61N 1/36 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/0556 (2013.01); A61B 5/4047 (2013.01); A61N 1/36114 (2013.01); A61B 5/4035 (2013.01); A61B 5/7217 (2013.01);
Abstract
An implantable medical device and associated method deliver a therapy to an autonomic nerve. The therapy delivery includes delivering therapeutic low frequency (LF) electrical stimulation pulses to the autonomic nerve and delivering a high frequency electrical signal to the autonomic nerve during the LF frequency stimulation pulse delivery. The high frequency stimulation signal blocks activation of autonomic nerve fibers innervating a non-targeted tissue during the therapeutic LF stimulation pulse delivery.