Implantable neurostimulator-implemented method for managing techyarrhythmia through vagus nerve stimulation

A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions executable by a processor of an implantable medical device to perform operations, the implantable medical device, further comprising a pulse generator and a physiological sensor, the operations comprising:

• storing operating modes of the pulse generator of the implantable medical device in the non-transitory computer-readable medium, by:
• defining a maintenance dose of an electrical stimulation;
• and
• defining a restorative dose of the electrical stimulation comprising electrical pulses delivered at higher intensity than the maintenance dose;
• delivering, using the pulse generator, the maintenance dose, prior to delivering the restorative dose, prior to sensing a condition of tachyarrhythmia, and independent of cardiac cycle;
• monitoring a patient's normative physiology to sense the condition of tachyarrhythmia via the physiological sensor;
• and
• upon sensing the condition of tachyarrhythmia, switching from delivering the maintenance dose to delivering the restorative dose.

A method for managing tachyarrhythmias through vagus nerve stimulation, comprising:

• storing operating modes for a pulse generator of an implantable medical device within a memory of the implantable medical device by:
• defining a maintenance dose of an electrical stimulation;
• and
• defining a restorative dose of the electrical stimulation comprising electrical pulses delivered at higher intensity than the maintenance dose;
• delivering, using the pulse generator, the maintenance dose, prior to delivering the restorative dose, prior to sensing a condition of tachyarrhythmia, and independent of cardiac cycle;
• monitoring, using a sensor, a patient's normative physiology to sense the condition of tachyarrhythmia;
• and
• upon sensing the condition of tachyarrhythmia, switching from delivering the maintenance dose to delivering the restorative dose.