System and method for utilizing brain state information to modulate cardiac therapy
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1. A medical device system comprising:
- (a) a brain monitoring element for sensing activity in the brain and outputting a brain signal;
(b) a cardiac monitoring element for sensing activity in the heart and outputting a cardiac signal;
(c) a cardiac therapy module for providing therapeutic output to the heart; and
(d) a processor in communication with the brain monitoring element, the cardiac monitoring element and the cardiac therapy module, the processor configured to perform the following;
(i) simultaneously monitor the brain signal and the cardiac signal;
(ii) detect a cardiac event in the monitored cardiac signal;
(iii) activate the cardiac therapy module to provide the therapeutic output to the heart based on the detected cardiac event;
(iv) determine if the cardiac event is of a specified nature; and
(v) communicate to the cardiac therapy module to modulate the therapeutic output to the heart if a neurological event is detected in the monitored brain signal and the cardiac event is not of the specified nature.
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Abstract
A system for regulating or modulating cardiac therapy using brain state information. The modulation may include suppressing standard, prescribed cardiac therapy for a period of time or it may involve modulating the type of cardiac therapy delivered In another embodiment, a system is provided for determining whether a cardiac event is categorized as neurologically matched, and, if so, modulating the therapeutic output to the heart.
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44 Claims
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1. A medical device system comprising:
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(a) a brain monitoring element for sensing activity in the brain and outputting a brain signal; (b) a cardiac monitoring element for sensing activity in the heart and outputting a cardiac signal; (c) a cardiac therapy module for providing therapeutic output to the heart; and (d) a processor in communication with the brain monitoring element, the cardiac monitoring element and the cardiac therapy module, the processor configured to perform the following; (i) simultaneously monitor the brain signal and the cardiac signal; (ii) detect a cardiac event in the monitored cardiac signal; (iii) activate the cardiac therapy module to provide the therapeutic output to the heart based on the detected cardiac event; (iv) determine if the cardiac event is of a specified nature; and (v) communicate to the cardiac therapy module to modulate the therapeutic output to the heart if a neurological event is detected in the monitored brain signal and the cardiac event is not of the specified nature. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41)
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42. A method of providing cardiac therapy to a heart, the method comprising the steps of:
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(a) providing a brain monitoring element for sensing activity in the brain and outputting a brain signal; (b) providing a cardiac monitoring element for sensing activity in the heart and outputting a cardiac signal; (c) providing a cardiac therapy module for delivering therapeutic output to the heart; and (d) providing a processor in communication with the brain monitoring element, the cardiac monitoring element and the cardiac therapy module, the processor configured to perform the following steps; (i) simultaneously monitor the brain signal and the cardiac signal; (ii) detect a cardiac event in the monitored cardiac signal; (iii) activate the cardiac therapy module to provide the therapeutic output to the heart based on the detected cardiac event; (iv) determine if the cardiac event is of a specified nature; and (v) communicate to the cardiac therapy module to modulate the therapeutic output to the heart if a neurological event is detected in the monitored brain signal and the cardiac event is not of the specified nature. - View Dependent Claims (43)
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44. A method for providing cardiac therapy to a heart with an implantable medical device (IMD), comprising:
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sensing activity in a brain and generating a brain signal with the IMD; sensing activity in the heart and generating a cardiac signal with the IMD; simultaneously monitoring the brain signal and the cardiac signal; detecting a cardiac event in the monitored cardiac signal; delivering cardiac therapy to the heart based on the detected cardiac event; determining if the cardiac event is of a specified nature; and modulating the cardiac therapy to the heart with the IMD if a neurological event is detected in the monitored brain signal and the cardiac event is not of the specified nature.
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