Adaptive Therapy for Disordered Breathing
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1. An automated method for providing therapy to a patient, comprising:
- detecting, via detector system, patient conditions that include disordered breathing;
delivering a cardiac electrical therapy via a therapy control system to mitigate the disordered breathing;
assessing an efficacy of the therapy via the therapy control system based on one or more first conditions of the detected patient conditions;
assessing a negative impact of the therapy on a patient via the therapy control system based on one or more second conditions of the detected patient conditions, the one or more first conditions differing from the one or more second conditions at least in part;
adapting the cardiac electrical therapy via the therapy control system to a) promote the therapy efficacy, and b) reduce the negative impact of the therapy on the patient; and
delivering the adapted therapy to the patient, wherein at least one of detecting, adapting, and delivering is performed at least in part implantably.
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Abstract
An approach to providing disordered breathing therapy includes detecting disordered breathing and adapting a therapy to mitigate the disordered breathing. The therapy may be adapted to enhance therapy effectiveness, to provide therapy that reduces an impact of the therapy on the patient, or to achieve other therapeutic goals. Cardiac electrical therapy to mitigate the disordered breathing may include various cardiac pacing regimens and/or delivery of non-excitatory electrical stimulation to the heart.
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20 Claims
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1. An automated method for providing therapy to a patient, comprising:
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detecting, via detector system, patient conditions that include disordered breathing; delivering a cardiac electrical therapy via a therapy control system to mitigate the disordered breathing; assessing an efficacy of the therapy via the therapy control system based on one or more first conditions of the detected patient conditions; assessing a negative impact of the therapy on a patient via the therapy control system based on one or more second conditions of the detected patient conditions, the one or more first conditions differing from the one or more second conditions at least in part; adapting the cardiac electrical therapy via the therapy control system to a) promote the therapy efficacy, and b) reduce the negative impact of the therapy on the patient; and delivering the adapted therapy to the patient, wherein at least one of detecting, adapting, and delivering is performed at least in part implantably. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. An automated method of providing therapy to a patient, comprising:
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detecting, via detector system, patient conditions that include disordered breathing; delivering a cardiac electrical therapy via a therapy control system to mitigate the disordered breathing; assessing a negative impact of the therapy on a patient via the therapy control system based on at least one first condition of the detected patient conditions other than sleep fragmentation; adapting the cardiac electrical therapy via the therapy control system to reduce the negative impact of the therapy on the patient; and delivering the adapted therapy to the patient via a therapy delivery system, wherein at least one of detecting, adapting, and delivering is performed at least in part implantably. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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