Method and apparatus for controlling breathing employing internal and external electrodes
US5036848A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 16, 1989 |
| Grant date | Aug 6, 1991 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 16, 2009 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61N1/0517
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method of stimulating breathing which comprises the steps of positioning a non-invasive internal electrode in the esophagus and two external electrodes on the chest. A pulsed stimulation of approximately two seconds duration is interposed across the electrodes with a magnitude of the successive pulses in each stimulation increasing linearly. An interval of approximately three seconds is interposed between successive stimulations. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the polarity of successive electrical stimulations is reversed.
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