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Nerve stimulation device

  • US 7,283,875 B2
  • Filed: 08/08/2003
  • Issued: 10/16/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/28/2002
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A nerve stimulation device comprising:

  • a pulse generator which generates stimulation pulses;

    an electrode arrangement connected to the pulse generator configured to interact with a living subject to deliver the stimulation pulses to stimulate the phrenic nerve;

    a cardiac signal detector configured to obtain an ECG signal from the living subject indicative of a degree of stimulation of the vagus nerve of the living subject associated with the stimulation of the phrenic nerve by said stimulation pulses; and

    a regulating unit connected to said cardiac signal detector and to said pulse generator for regulating the pulse generator dependent on the ECG signal to reduce said degree of stimulation of the vagus nerve by said stimulation pulses.

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