IMPLANTABLE SYSTEMS AND DEVICES FOR PROVIDING CARDIAC DEFIBRILLATION AND APNEA THERAPY
First Claim
1. An implantable medical device for implantation in a patient, for delivering neural stimulation to a neural target in the patient, and for delivering defibrillation shocks to a heart in the patient, the device comprising:
- a housing configured to be implanted in a patient;
circuitry within the housing, wherein the circuitry is configured to generate cardiac defibrillation shocks and neural stimulation pulses;
a cardiac electrode electrically connected to the circuitry and configured to be used in delivering cardiac defibrillation shocks generated by the circuitry to the patient'"'"'s heart;
a neural stimulation electrode electrically connected to the circuitry and configured to deliver the neural stimulation pulses generated by the circuitry to the neural target in the patient; and
a controller configured to store programmed instructions and to use the programmed instructions to control the circuitry and deliver an apnea therapy.
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Abstract
An aspect relates to a system for providing baroreflex stimulation. An embodiment of the system comprises a cardiac activity monitor to sense cardiac activity and provide a signal indicative of the cardiac activity, and a baroreflex stimulator. The stimulator includes a pulse generator and a modulator. The pulse generator provides a baroreflex stimulation signal adapted to provide a baroreflex therapy. The modulator receives the signal indicative of the cardiac activity and modulates the baroreflex stimulation signal based on the signal indicative of the cardiac activity to change the baroreflex therapy from a first baroreflex therapy to a second baroreflex therapy.
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27 Claims
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1. An implantable medical device for implantation in a patient, for delivering neural stimulation to a neural target in the patient, and for delivering defibrillation shocks to a heart in the patient, the device comprising:
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a housing configured to be implanted in a patient; circuitry within the housing, wherein the circuitry is configured to generate cardiac defibrillation shocks and neural stimulation pulses; a cardiac electrode electrically connected to the circuitry and configured to be used in delivering cardiac defibrillation shocks generated by the circuitry to the patient'"'"'s heart; a neural stimulation electrode electrically connected to the circuitry and configured to deliver the neural stimulation pulses generated by the circuitry to the neural target in the patient; and a controller configured to store programmed instructions and to use the programmed instructions to control the circuitry and deliver an apnea therapy. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A system for implantation in a patient, for delivering neural stimulation to a neural target in the patient, and for delivering defibrillation shocks to a heart in the patient, the system comprising:
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an implantable cardiac defibrillator configured to generate the defibrillation shocks, wherein the implantable cardiac defibrillator is housed within an implantable housing, the implantable; and an implantable neural stimulator configured to generate neural stimulation pulses used to stimulate the neural target, wherein the implantable neural stimulator is housed in another implantable housing, is configured to communicate with the implantable cardiac defibrillator, and is configured to deliver an apnea therapy. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15)
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16. A method, comprising:
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delivering defibrillation shocks to a heart using an implantable medical device, wherein the defibrillation shocks are delivered when the heart requires defibrillation; and delivering an apnea therapy using the implantable medical device, wherein delivering the apnea therapy includes delivering neural stimulation to a neural target. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A method, comprising:
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delivering defibrillation shocks to a heart using an implantable cardiac defibrillator, wherein the defibrillation shocks are delivered when the heart requires defibrillation; and delivering an apnea therapy using an implantable neural stimulator, wherein delivering the apnea therapy includes delivering neural stimulation to a neural target, wherein the implantable cardiac defibrillator and the implantable neural stimulator are in different implantable housings. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27)
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