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SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AVOIDING NEURAL STIMULATION HABITUATION

  • US 20110307025A1
  • Filed: 08/25/2011
  • Published: 12/15/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/13/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for delivering a vagal stimulation therapy to a vagus nerve, comprising:

  • stimulating the vagus nerve, wherein stimulating the vagus nerve includes simultaneously stimulating both afferent axons and efferent axons in the vagus nerve; and

    avoiding physiological habituation to stimulating the vagus nerve, wherein avoiding physiological habituation includes scheduling stimulation of the vagus nerve to provide a stimulation schedule using a programmable value for a therapy duration to control a therapy period or a programmable value for an intermittent neural stimulation parameter associated with on/off timing for stimulating the vagus nerve, wherein stimulating the vagus nerve includes stimulating the vagus nerve according to the stimulation schedule.

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