NEURAL STIMULATION SYSTEMS, DEVICES AND METHODS
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1. A system, comprising:
- circuitry to determine when an arrhythmia has terminated; and
a neural stimulator adapted to temporarily deliver a neural stimulation therapy to assist with recovering from the arrhythmia in response to termination of the arrhythmia.
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Abstract
Various system embodiments comprise circuitry to determine when an arrhythmia has terminated, and a neural stimulator adapted to temporarily deliver a neural stimulation therapy to assist with recovering from the arrhythmia in response to termination of the arrhythmia.
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1. A system, comprising:
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circuitry to determine when an arrhythmia has terminated; and a neural stimulator adapted to temporarily deliver a neural stimulation therapy to assist with recovering from the arrhythmia in response to termination of the arrhythmia. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method, comprising:
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determining that an arrhythmia has terminated; and upon termination of the arrhythmia, temporarily delivering a neural stimulation therapy to assist with recovering from the arrhythmia. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method, comprising:
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chronically performing a prophylactic neural stimulation therapy; in response to a therapy trigger, temporarily delivering neural stimulation as part of an arrhythmia therapy, an apnea therapy, or a pain therapy; and upon completion of the arrhythmia therapy, the apnea therapy or the pain therapy, chronically performing the prophylactic neural stimulation therapy. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23)
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24. A method, comprising:
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in response to a therapy trigger, delivering a pretherapy neural stimulation in preparation for delivering a therapy; delivering the therapy; and upon completion of delivering of the therapy, delivering a post-therapy neural stimulation to assist with recovering from the therapy. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26)
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