Vagus nerve stimulation for treatment of depression with therapeutically beneficial parameter settings
First Claim
1. A method of treating a patient with depression, comprises:
- continuously providing a therapy to treat the patient'"'"'s depression, said therapy comprising stimulating a patient'"'"'s vagus nerve for about 30 seconds at a current of about 0.75 mA followed by a cessation of vagus nerve stimulation of about 5 minutes.
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Abstract
Method and apparatus for treating a patient with depression comprising continuously providing a therapy to treat the patient'"'"'s depression. The therapy, in one embodiment, comprises stimulating a patient'"'"'s vagus nerve for about 30 seconds at a current of about 0.75 mA followed by a cessation of vagus nerve stimulation of about 5 minutes. Further still, the therapy comprises a pulse width of about 500 μs and a frequency of about 20 Hz. In another embodiment, the therapy comprises stimulating a patient'"'"'s vagus nerve for about 25.07 seconds at a current of about 0.85 mA followed by a cessation of vagus nerve stimulation of about 4.07 minutes. This latter therapy also comprises a pulse width of about 415.20 μs and a frequency of about 20.07 Hz.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of treating a patient with depression, comprises:
continuously providing a therapy to treat the patient'"'"'s depression, said therapy comprising stimulating a patient'"'"'s vagus nerve for about 30 seconds at a current of about 0.75 mA followed by a cessation of vagus nerve stimulation of about 5 minutes. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A method of treating a patient with depression, comprises:
continuously providing a therapy to treat the patient'"'"'s depression, said therapy comprising stimulating a patient'"'"'s vagus nerve for about 25.07 seconds at a current of about 0.85 mA followed by a cessation of vagus nerve stimulation of about 4.07 minutes. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An implantable pulse generator, comprising:
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an output section adapted to couple to a plurality of electrodes;
a logic and control section coupled to the output section, wherein said logic and control section continuously causes a therapy to be provided to treat the patient'"'"'s depression, said therapy comprising stimulating a patient'"'"'s vagus nerve for about 30 seconds at a current of about 0.75 mA followed by a cessation of vagus nerve stimulation of about 5 minutes. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. An implantable pulse generator, comprising:
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an output section adapted to couple to a plurality of electrodes;
a logic and control section coupled to the output section, wherein said logic and control section continuously causes a therapy to be provided to treat the patient'"'"'s depression, said therapy comprising stimulating a patient'"'"'s vagus nerve for about 25.07 seconds at a current of about 0.85 mA followed by a cessation of vagus nerve stimulation of about 4.07 minutes. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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