Preventative vagal stimulation

Preventative vagal stimulation

The disclosure herein relates generally to methods for treating heart conditions using vagal stimulation, and further to systems and devices for performing such treatment. Such methods may include monitoring physiological parameters of a patient, detecting cardiac conditions, and delivering vagal st...

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Hauptverfasser: WARMAN EDUARDO, ZIEGLER PAUL D, NICHOLS LUCY, ZHOU XIAOHONG, STADLER ROBERT, KLECKNER KAREN J, SCALA ALBERTO DELLA, CORNELUSSEN RICHARD N. M, KORNET LILIAN
Format: Patent
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
ELECTROTHERAPY
HUMAN NECESSITIES
HYGIENE
MAGNETOTHERAPY
MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE
RADIATION THERAPY
ULTRASOUND THERAPY
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Zusammenfassung:The disclosure herein relates generally to methods for treating heart conditions using vagal stimulation, and further to systems and devices for performing such treatment. Such methods may include monitoring physiological parameters of a patient, detecting cardiac conditions, and delivering vagal stimulation (e.g., electrical stimulation to the vagus nerve or neurons having parasympathetic function) to the patient to treat the detected cardiac conditions.