Medical device for closed loop vagal nerve stimulation
AssigneeAdraxe Corporation
InventorsSherman P. Wiebe, Andrew N. Csavoy
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Abstract
This disclosure relates to medical implant systems and apparatuses capable of treating a seizure condition through the use of recording and stimulating electrodes. The apparatus includes an internal pulse generator in communication with a wireless communication module; one or more recording electrodes in communication with the internal pulse generator, wherein the one or more recording electrodes are configured to monitor to detect one or more field potentials produced by neural tissue in proximity to the one or more recording electrodes; one or more stimulating electrodes in communication with the internal pulse generator, wherein the one or more stimulating electrodes are configured to stimulate the vagus nerve.
Claims11
A medical implant system comprising:
- an internal pulse generator including a wireless data transmission module;
- a wireless communication module in communication with the wireless data transmission module of the internal pulse generator;
- one or more recording electrodes in communication with the internal pulse generator;
- wherein the one or more recording electrodes are configured to monitor to detect one or more field potentials produced by neural tissue in proximity to the one or more recording electrodes, the one or more field potentials including neural data, wherein the wireless data transmission module is configured to transmit the neural data to the wireless communication module, wherein the wireless communication module is configured to modify a stimulation protocol based on the neural data and to transmit the modified stimulation protocol to the wireless data transmission module;
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- one or more stimulating electrodes in communication with the internal pulse generator;
- wherein the one or more stimulating electrodes are configured to stimulate the vagus nerve according to the modified stimulation protocol.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.