Intuited delivery of autonomic modulation therapy

US9370659B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Manfred Franke · Valencia, US
• Stephen B. Ruble · Lino Lakes, US
• David J. Ternes · Roseville, US
• Juan Gabriel Hincapie Ordonez · Maple Grove, US
• Jason J. Hamann · Blaine, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 2, 2014
• Grant date: Jun 21, 2016
• Expiry date: Dec 2, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61N1/36117
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An example of a method embodiment may deliver intermittent neural stimulation (INS) therapy to an autonomic neural target of a patient. The INS therapy includes neural stimulation (NS) ON times alternating with NS OFF times, and includes at least one NS burst of NS pulses during each of the NS ON times. For a given NS OFF time and subsequent NS ON time, delivering INS therapy may include monitoring a plurality of cardiac cycles during the NS OFF time, using the monitored plurality of cardiac cycles to predict cardiac event timing during the subsequent NS ON time, and controlling delivery of the INS therapy using the predicted cardiac event timing to time NS burst delivery of at least one NS burst for the subsequent NS ON time based on the predicted cardiac event timing.