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US 7,321,792 B1Granted
Pacing therapy and acupuncture
AssigneePacesetter, Inc.
InventorsXiaoyi Min, Gene A. Bornzin, Mark W. Kroll, Xing Pei
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Abstract
Exemplary methods, devices and/or systems for detecting one or more needs and for requesting the delivery of power to one or more acupoints. Other methods, devices and/or systems are also disclosed.
Claims13
A method comprising:
- using an implantable cardiac device to detect a cardiac condition having at least one of a corresponding electro therapy or a corresponding desired physiologic response;
- responsive to the detection, providing to an external device, information related to at least one of an acupoint therapy corresponding to the electro therapy or an acupoint therapy corresponding to the desired physiologic response, the information comprising acupoint location;
- using tissue impedance measurements to confirm the positioning of a stimulation device at or near the acupoint location;
- and
- responsive to the confirmation, delivering the acupoint therapy through the stimulation device.
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A system comprising:
- at least one electrode that is implantable within a patient and operative to sense cardiac activity and to generate corresponding signals;
- at least one acupoint stimulator positionable external the patient and operative to measure tissue impedance and stimulate an acupoint;
- a notification device;
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- circuitry in communication with the at least one electrode, the at least one acupoint stimulator, and the notification device and operative to:
- detect a cardiac event based on the signals from the at least one electrode, wherein the cardiac event has at least one of a corresponding electro therapy or a corresponding desired physiologic response;
- responsive to the cardiac event, provide to the notification device, information related to at least one of an acupoint therapy corresponding to the electro therapy or an acupoint therapy corresponding to the desired physiologic response, the information comprising acupoint location;
- use tissue impedance measurements to confirm the positioning of the at least one acupoint stimulator at the acupoint location;
- and
- responsive to the confirmation, control the acupoint stimulator to deliver acupoint therapy at the acupoint location.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.