Dosed delivery of autonomic modulation therapy

US9517350B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc. · US

Inventors

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

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 2, 2014
• Grant date: Dec 13, 2016
• Expiry date: Dec 2, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61N1/3727
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An example of a method embodiment may include receiving a user programmable neural stimulation (NS) dose for an intermittent neural stimulation (INS) therapy, and delivering the INS therapy with the user programmable NS dose to an autonomic neural target of a patient. Delivering the INS therapy may include delivering NS bursts, and delivering the NS bursts may include delivering a number of NS pulses per cardiac cycle during a portion of the cardiac cycles and not delivering NS pulses during a remaining portion of the cardiac cycles. The method may further include sensing cardiac events within the cardiac cycles, and controlling delivery of the user programmable NS dose of INS therapy using the sensed cardiac events to time delivery of the number of NS pulses per cardiac cycle to provide the user programmable NS dose. The user programmable NS dose may determine the number of NS pulses per cardiac cycle.