Baroreflex therapy for disordered breathing
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1. A method for treating disordered breathing in a patient, comprising delivering electrical stimulation therapy that modifies a patient'"'"'s baroreflex response to treat the disordered breathing.
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Abstract
An aspect of the present subject matter relates to a baroreflex stimulator. An embodiment of the stimulator comprises a pulse generator to provide a baroreflex stimulation signal through an electrode, and a modulator to modulate the baroreflex stimulation signal based on a circadian rhythm template. Other aspects are provided herein.
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- 1. A method for treating disordered breathing in a patient, comprising delivering electrical stimulation therapy that modifies a patient'"'"'s baroreflex response to treat the disordered breathing.
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17. A disordered breathing therapy system, comprising:
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one or more electrodes configured to deliver an electrical stimulation signal to a region associated with a patient'"'"'s baroreflex response; and
a pulse generator coupled to the one or more electrodes, the pulse generator configured to control delivery of an electrical stimulation therapy using the one or more electrodes, the electrical stimulation therapy modifying a patient'"'"'s baroreflex response to treat disordered breathing. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A system for treating disordered breathing in a patient, comprising:
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means for delivering electrical stimulation to one or more regions associated with a patient'"'"'s baroreflex response; and
means for controlling delivery of the electrical stimulation to modify a patient'"'"'s baroreflex response to treat the disordered breathing. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34)
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