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US 11,766,565 B2Granted
Contingent cardio-protection for epilepsy patients
AssigneeFlint Hills Scientific, L.L.C.
InventorIvan Osorio
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Abstract
Disclosed are methods and systems for treating epilepsy by stimulating a main trunk of a vagus nerve, or a left vagus nerve, when the patient has had no seizure or a seizure that is not characterized by cardiac changes such as an increase in heart rate, and stimulating a cardiac branch of a vagus nerve, or a right vagus nerve, when the patient has had a seizure characterized by cardiac changes such as a heart rate increase.
Claims11
A system for treating a medical condition in a patient, comprising:
- a sensor for sensing at least one body data stream;
- a heart rate unit capable of determining one or more data points relating to a heart rate and a heart rate oscillation of the patient based on the at least one body data stream;
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- a logic unit configured via one or more processors to compare a monitored value which is determined based on the one or more data points relating to the heart rate and to the heart rate oscillation to a threshold value, the logic unit further configured to determine a triggering event based on the comparison;
- wherein the one or more processors are configured to initiate one or more actions to change the heart rate of the patient based on the determination of the triggering event.
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