Cardiac neuromodulation and methods of using same
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1. A method for protecting cardiac tissue from a myocardial insult resulting in necrosis of myocardial tissue, comprising:
- identifying an occurrence of a myocardial insult resulting in necrosis of myocardial tissue; and
automatically delivering electrical stimulation to one or more predetermined nerves in a patient'"'"'s body using one or more electrodes positioned adjacent an internal neural structure in order to avoid necrosis of myocardial tissue due to the insult, wherein said one or more electrodes are spaced from myocardial tissue of the patient.
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Abstract
The present invention relates in general to methodologies for the treatment quenching preconditioning and communication between the intrinsic cardiac nervous system and an electrical stimulus. In particular, the present invention utilizes spinal cord stimulation to alter and/or affect the intrinsic cardiac nervous system and thereby protect the myocytes, stabilize myocardial electrical instability and/or alleviate or diminish cardiac pathologies.
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31 Claims
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1. A method for protecting cardiac tissue from a myocardial insult resulting in necrosis of myocardial tissue, comprising:
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identifying an occurrence of a myocardial insult resulting in necrosis of myocardial tissue; and
automatically delivering electrical stimulation to one or more predetermined nerves in a patient'"'"'s body using one or more electrodes positioned adjacent an internal neural structure in order to avoid necrosis of myocardial tissue due to the insult, wherein said one or more electrodes are spaced from myocardial tissue of the patient. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. An apparatus for protecting cardiac tissue from a myocardial insult resulting in necrosis of myocardial tissue, comprising:
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at least one electrode positionable adjacent an internal neural structure proximate to nerve tissue and spaced from myocardial tissue; and
a controller adapted to automatically deliver electrical stimulation to the at least one electrode in order to avoid necrosis of myocardial tissue due to the insult. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A computer readable medium for storing instructions for performing a computer-implemented method to protect cardiac tissue from a myocardial insult resulting in necrosis of myocardial tissue, comprising:
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software encoded instructions for identifying an occurrence of a myocardial insult; and
software encoded instructions automatically delivering electrical stimulation to one or more predetermined nerves in a patient'"'"'s body using one or more electrodes positioned adjacent an internal neural structure in order to avoid necrosis of myocardial tissue due to the insult. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31)
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