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TRANSVASCULAR NEURAL STIMULATION DEVICE

  • US 20090149900A1
  • Filed: 02/13/2009
  • Published: 06/11/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/11/2005
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. An implantable apparatus for transvasculary stimulating a vagus nerve trunk in a cervical region from an internal jugular vein (IJV) to provide a heart failure therapy, the apparatus comprising:

  • an expandable electrode chronically implantable in the IJV, the expandable electrode configured to abut an intravascular surface of the IJV in the cervical region proximate the vagus nerve trunk;

    an implantable pulse generator configured to use the electrode to transvascularly stimulate the vagus nerve trunk from the IJV;

    a controller to operate on programmed instructions for delivering the heart failure therapy using the pulse generator and the electrode, wherein the heart failure therapy includes transvascularly stimulating the vagus nerve in the cervical region.

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