US 8,626,299 B2 · Thoracic aorta and vagus nerve stimulation

Abstract

Apparatus and methods are provided, including an electrode that is placed in contact with an artery of a subject. A control unit drives the electrode to perform a function with respect to the artery, the function selected from the group consisting of: driving a current into the artery, and sensing an electrical parameter of the artery. A transmitter is placed in a vein of the subject that is in a vicinity of the artery, the transmitter being wiredly connected to the control unit. The control unit is configured to drive the electrode by wirelessly transmitting a signal via the transmitter. Other embodiments are also described.

Claims26

Dependent claims

Apparatus, comprising:

an electrode configured to be placed in contact with an aortic site of a subject that is downstream of a bifurcation of the aorta with a left subclavian artery, and between first and fifth intercostal arteries of the subject;
a control unit configured to drive the electrode to perform a function with respect to the site, the function selected from the group consisting of:
driving a current into the site, and sensing an electrical parameter of the site;
and
a transmitter configured to be placed in a vein of the subject that is in a vicinity of the site, the transmitter being wiredly connected to the control unit, and the control unit being configured to drive the electrode by wirelessly transmitting a signal via the transmitter.

2 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

12/957,799Filed 1 Dec 2010 · continuation in part

Priority

31 Jan 2008

Published

US 2011/0137370 A19 Jun 2011

Granted

7 Jan 2014

Term ends

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Classification23 codes

A61N 1/36114
Adapted for a particular treatment: cardiac control, e.g. by vagal stimulation
A61M 60/135
Implantable via, into, inside, in line, branching on, or around a blood vessel: inside a blood vessel, e.g. using grafting
A61M 60/139
Inside a blood vessel, e.g. using grafting: inside the aorta, e.g. intra-aortic balloon pumps
A61M 60/161
Implantable via, into, inside, in line, branching on, or around a blood vessel: mechanically acting upon the outside of the patient's blood vessel…

Family

Application12/023,896Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 31 Jan 2008

PCT/IL2009/000117Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 29 Jan 2009

Application61/183,319Us provisional application · filed 2 Jun 2009

Application61/331,453Us provisional application · filed 5 May 2010

Application12/792,227Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 2 Jun 2010

Application12/851,214Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 5 Aug 2010

US 2011/0137370 A1Pre-grant publication · published 9 Jun 2011

US 2009/0198308 A1Published application

US 2010/0305392 A1Published application

US 2012/0035711 A1Published application

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Thoracic aorta and vagus nerve stimulation

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Thoracic aorta and vagus nerve stimulation

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Abstract

Claims26