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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 28, 2009
Applicant:
Daniel R. Kaiser, Plymouth, MN (US);
Inventor:
Daniel R. Kaiser, Plymouth, MN (US);
Assignee:
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/08 (2006.01); A61B 5/0215 (2006.01); A61B 5/04 (2006.01); A61N 1/36 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61N 1/365 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/0215 (2013.01); A61B 5/04001 (2013.01); A61B 5/6846 (2013.01); A61N 1/36114 (2013.01); A61B 5/0031 (2013.01); A61N 1/36564 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for monitoring blood pressure includes sensing and storing sympathetic nerve activity data of a patient via a recording lead of an implantable medical device. Changes in sympathetic nerve activity from the nerve activity data are determined. Corresponding changes in blood pressure are determined from the changes in sympathetic nerve activity. An alert signal and/or modification of therapy can be provided.