System and method to deliver therapy in presence of another therapy
First Claim
1. A system to deliver an electrical therapy to a patient to whom another electrical therapy is also delivered, comprising:
- an electrical stimulator to deliver electrical pulses to the patient for the electrical therapy; and
a controller connected to the electrical stimulator and configured to use a set of one or more stimulation parameters to control delivery of the electrical pulses for the electrical therapy before a change in the other electrical therapy, the controller configured to account for and be responsive to the change in the other electrical therapy in delivering the electrical therapy to the patient by using another set of one or more stimulation parameters.
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Abstract
Various aspects relate to a method. In various embodiments, a therapy of a first therapy type is delivered, and it is identified whether a therapy of a second therapy type is present to affect the therapy of the first therapy type. Delivery of the therapy is controlled based on the presence of the therapy of the second therapy type. Some embodiments deliver the therapy of the first type using one set of parameters in the presence of a therapy of a second type, and deliver the therapy of the first type using another set of parameters when the therapy of the second type is not present. In various embodiments, one of the therapy types includes a cardiac rhythm management therapy, and the other includes a neural stimulation therapy. Other aspects and embodiments are provided herein.
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20 Claims
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1. A system to deliver an electrical therapy to a patient to whom another electrical therapy is also delivered, comprising:
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an electrical stimulator to deliver electrical pulses to the patient for the electrical therapy; and a controller connected to the electrical stimulator and configured to use a set of one or more stimulation parameters to control delivery of the electrical pulses for the electrical therapy before a change in the other electrical therapy, the controller configured to account for and be responsive to the change in the other electrical therapy in delivering the electrical therapy to the patient by using another set of one or more stimulation parameters. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A system to deliver an electrical neural stimulation therapy to a patient to whom another electrical therapy is delivered to myocardia of the patient, comprising:
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an electrical stimulator to deliver electrical pulses to the patient for the electrical neural stimulation therapy; and a controller connected to the electrical stimulator and configured to use a set of one or more stimulation parameters to control delivery of the electrical pulses for the electrical neural stimulation therapy before a change in the other electrical therapy, the controller configured to receive a communication alerting the controller about delivery of the other electrical therapy to the patient, the controller configured to account for and be responsive to the change in the other electrical therapy to the myocardia in delivering the electrical neural stimulation therapy to the patient by using another set of one or more stimulation parameters, at least one of the sets including at least one different stimulation parameter or at least one different parameter value. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18)
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19. A system to deliver an electrical therapy and another electrical therapy to a patient, comprising:
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a first implantable medical device configured to deliver the electrical therapy to the patient; a second device configured to intermittently deliver the other electrical therapy to the patient; the first implantable medical device including; an electrical stimulator to deliver electrical pulses to the patient for the electrical therapy; and a controller connected to the electrical stimulator and configured to use a set of one or more stimulation parameters to control delivery of the electrical pulses for the electrical therapy before a change in the other electrical therapy, the controller configured to account for and be responsive to the change in the other electrical therapy in delivering the electrical therapy to the patient by using another set of one or more stimulation parameters, at least one of the sets including at least one different stimulation parameter or at least one different parameter value. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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