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IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE HAVING MULTIPLE ELECTRODE/SENSOR CAPABILITY AND STIMULATION BASED ON SENSED INTRINSIC ACTIVITY

  • US 20140074188A1
  • Filed: 11/14/2013
  • Published: 03/13/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/27/2005
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. An implantable neurostimulator, comprising:

  • a pulse generator that provides an electrical pulse signal to stimulate a cranial nerve in a patient;

    a stimulation lead assembly coupled to said pulse generator for delivering said electrical pulse signal to said cranial nerve, said lead assembly having a proximal end coupled to said pulse generator and a distal end comprising a stimulation electrode assembly coupled to said cranial nerve; and

    a plurality of sensor elements coupled to said pulse generator and that sense at least two physiological parameters selected from the group consisting of an action potential in a nerve tissue, a heart parameter, a temperature, a blood parameter, and brain wave activity.

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