Baroreflex stimulation to treat acute myocardial infarction
AssigneeCardiac Pacemakers, Inc.
InventorImad Libbus
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Abstract
An aspect of the present subject relates to an implantable medical system. An embodiment of the system includes a baroreflex stimulator, a myocardial infarction detector, and a controller. The baroreflex stimulator applies a baroreflex stimulation signal through an electrode. The myocardial infarction detector detects an event indicative of myocardial infarction, The controller is connected to the baroreflex stimulator and to the myocardial infarction detector, and is adapted to apply a baroreflex therapy in response to a detected event indicative of myocardial infarction. Other aspects are provided herein.
Claims20
An implantable medical system, including:
- a neural stimulator configured to apply a neural stimulation signal through an electrode;
- a myocardial infarction detector configured to detect a myocardial infarction (MI) event, wherein the detected MI event includes a detected MI or a detected MI precursor;
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- a controller connected to the neural stimulator and to the myocardial infarction detector, the controller configured to apply a neural stimulation therapy and be responsive to the detected MI event in the application of the neural stimulation therapy.
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