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AssigneeCardiac Pacemakers, Inc.
InventorsRonald W. Heil, JR., Avram Scheiner, Imad Libbus
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Various aspects of the present subject matter provide an implantable medical device. In various embodiments, the device comprises a pulse generator, a lead, a sensor, and a controller. The pulse generator generates a baroreflex stimulation signal as part of a baroreflex therapy. The lead is adapted to be electrically connected to the pulse generator and to be intravascularly fed into a heart. The lead includes an electrode to be positioned in or proximate to the heart to deliver the baroreflex signal to a baroreceptor region in or proximate to the heart. The sensor senses a physiological parameter regarding an efficacy of the baroreflex therapy and provides a signal indicative of the efficacy. The controller is connected to the pulse generator to control the baroreflex stimulation signal and to the sensor to receive the signal indicative of the efficacy of the baroreflex therapy. Other aspects are provided herein.
An implantable medical device for implantation in a patient having an autonomic neural pathway, a pulmonary artery, a pulmonary artery valve, and a heart including a right ventricle, and for delivering myocardial stimulation and delivering neural stimulation from the pulmonary artery to the autonomic neural pathway, the device comprising:
A method for providing a myocardial stimulation therapy to a heart and for providing an autonomic neural stimulation therapy from a pulmonary artery to an autonomic neural target, comprising:
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