Implantable devices, and methods for use therewith, for monitoring sympathetic and parasympathetic influences on the heart
US7711415B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 8, 2006 |
| Grant date | May 4, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 12, 2028 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2218/08
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Provided herein are implantable devices, and methods for use therewith, that independently monitor levels of parasympathetic and sympathetic tone of a patient. In accordance with an embodiment, a cardiac electrogram (EGM) signal is sensed using implanted electrodes, cardiac intervals are measured within a portion of the sensed EGM signal, and levels of parasympathetic tone and sympathetic tone are independently assessed based on the measured cardiac intervals. This abstract is not intended to describe all of the various embodiments of the present invention.
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