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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 15, 2014
Applicant:
Cyberonics, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Inventor:
John C. Colborn, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
CYBERONICS, INC., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/00 (2006.01); A61N 1/02 (2006.01); A61N 1/08 (2006.01); A61N 1/36 (2006.01); A61N 1/378 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/025 (2013.01); A61N 1/08 (2013.01); A61N 1/36114 (2013.01); A61N 1/378 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method comprises applying a first open-loop electrical signal to a neural structure at a first rate. The method also comprises applying a closed-loop electrical signal to the neural structure in response to an event detection, thus causing an overall rate at which electrical stimulation is applied to the neural structure to exceed the first rate. The method further comprises applying a second open-loop electrical signal to a neural structure at a second rate that is lower than the first rate, thus causing the overall rate to be reduced to the first rate.