Device and method for treating disorders of the cardiovascular system or heart
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1. A method for treating a subject comprising:
- sensing an initial respiration parameter during intrinsic breathing of a subject via at least one electrode positioned internally within the patient;
synchronizing an electrical stimulation protocol with the sensed respiration parameter via a processor in communication with the at least one electrode; and
,increasing functional residual lung capacity of the subject by applying the electrical stimulation protocol which comprises a burst or series of pulses to tissue associated with a phrenic nerve or diaphragm tissue to contract a diaphragm at a beginning or during an onset of each intrinsic breathing cycle and sustaining the electrical stimulation protocol such that an intrathoracic pressure is stabilized by increasing a resting lung volume.
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Abstract
A device and method are provided to treat heart failure by stimulating to cause diaphragm contraction.
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1. A method for treating a subject comprising:
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sensing an initial respiration parameter during intrinsic breathing of a subject via at least one electrode positioned internally within the patient; synchronizing an electrical stimulation protocol with the sensed respiration parameter via a processor in communication with the at least one electrode; and
,increasing functional residual lung capacity of the subject by applying the electrical stimulation protocol which comprises a burst or series of pulses to tissue associated with a phrenic nerve or diaphragm tissue to contract a diaphragm at a beginning or during an onset of each intrinsic breathing cycle and sustaining the electrical stimulation protocol such that an intrathoracic pressure is stabilized by increasing a resting lung volume. - 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)
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