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Vagal stimulation

US8781582B2 · kind B2 · utility

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253References

20Claims

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Assignee

Medtronic, Inc. · US

Inventors

Paul D. Ziegler · Minneapolis, US
Lilian Kornet · Berg en Terblijt, NL
Xiaohong Zhou · Woodbury, US
Richard Cornelussen · Eijsden, NL
Robert W. Stadler · Shoreview, US
Eduardo N. Warman · Maple Grove, US
Karen J. Kleckner · New Brighton, US
Alberto Della Scala · Roma, IT

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 19, 2012
Grant date	Jul 15, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 19, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61N1/3702
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The disclosure herein relates generally to methods for treating heart conditions using vagal stimulation, and further to systems and devices for performing such treatment. Such methods may include monitoring physiological parameters of a patient, detecting cardiac conditions, and delivering vagal stimulation (e.g., electrical stimulation to the vagus nerve or neurons having parasympathetic function) to the patient to treat the detected cardiac conditions.

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