Controlled titration of neurostimulation therapy
US7801604B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 29, 2006 |
| Grant date | Sep 21, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 6, 2029 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61N1/36117
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Described herein are methods and devices that utilize electrical neural stimulation to treat heart failure by modulating a patient's autonomic balance in a manner that inhibits sympathetic activity and/or augments parasympathetic activity. Because other therapies for treating heart failure may also affect a patient's autonomic balance, a device for delivering neural stimulation is configured to appropriately titrate such therapy in either an open-loop or closed-loop fashion.
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