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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 08, 2015
Biotronik SE & Co. KG, Berlin, DE;
Jie Lian, Beaverton, OR (US);
Lauren Kraiter, Tigard, OR (US);
Alan Fryer, Portland, OR (US);
Andrew B. Kibler, Lake Oswego, OR (US);
Dirk Muessig, West Linn, OR (US);
Larry Stotts, Tigard, OR (US);
Warren Dabney, Lake Oswego, OR (US);
Jeffrey A. von Arx, Lake Oswego, OR (US);
BIOTRONIK SE & Co. KG, , DE;
Abstract
An implantable pulse generator system includes a stimulation unit delivering vagal nerve stimulation pulses, an activity sensor determining an exertion level of the user and generating a signal representing metabolic demand, an autonomic tone sensor determining an autonomic status of the user and generating a signal representing autonomic status, and a control unit in communication with the foregoing components, and which is adapted to control the stimulation unit depending on both the signal representing metabolic demand and the signal representing autonomic status.