Systems and methods to reduce syncope risk during neural stimulation therapy
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1. A system, comprising:
- a posture change detector configured to detect posture transitions including a posture change determined to be indicative of an increased risk of syncope; and
a neural stimulator configured to deliver a scheduled neural stimulation therapy, the neural stimulator including a syncope avoidance module configured to temporarily override the scheduled neural stimulation therapy to ameliorate the risk of increased syncope only in response to detecting the posture change that is determined to be indicative of the increased risk of syncope, and then return to the scheduled neural stimulation therapy after the risk of syncope from the detected posture change has subsided.
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Abstract
Some embodiments, by way of example, provide a system, comprising a posture change detector configured to detect a posture transition indicative of an increased risk of syncope, and a neural stimulator configured to deliver a neural stimulation therapy. The neural stimulator may include a syncope avoidance module configured to respond to a detected posture transition by temporarily overriding the neural stimulation therapy to ameliorate the risk of increased syncope.
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1. A system, comprising:
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a posture change detector configured to detect posture transitions including a posture change determined to be indicative of an increased risk of syncope; and a neural stimulator configured to deliver a scheduled neural stimulation therapy, the neural stimulator including a syncope avoidance module configured to temporarily override the scheduled neural stimulation therapy to ameliorate the risk of increased syncope only in response to detecting the posture change that is determined to be indicative of the increased risk of syncope, and then return to the scheduled neural stimulation therapy after the risk of syncope from the detected posture change has subsided. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method implemented using a system that includes a posture change detector configured to detect posture transitions including a posture change determined to be indicative of an increased risk of syncope and a neural stimulator that includes a syncope avoidance module, the method comprising:
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delivering a scheduled neural stimulation therapy using the neural stimulator; detecting the posture change, using the posture change detector, determined to be indicative of the increased risk of syncope; and temporarily overriding the scheduled neural stimulation therapy, using the syncope avoidance module, only in response to detecting the posture change determined to be indicative of the increased risk of syncope to ameliorate the risk of increased syncope, and then returning to the scheduled neural stimulation therapy after the risk of syncope from the detected posture change has subsided. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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