Sympathetic nerve stimulator and/or pacemaker
US6937896B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 26, 2002 |
| Grant date | Aug 30, 2005 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 25, 2023 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61N1/36114
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An exemplary method for increasing cardiac output that includes detecting a need for increased cardiac output and delivering electrical signals to a first electrode proximate to a left sympathetic nerve pathway and a second electrode proximate to a right sympathetic nerve pathway to stimulate sympathetic nerves and thereby increase cardiac output. A device for performing such an exemplary method. Other methods and/or devices are also disclosed.
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