Preventative vagal stimulation

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8706223
APP PUB NO 20120185010A1
SERIAL NO

13353891

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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.

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  • MEDTRONIC, INC.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Cornelussen, Richard N M Maastricht, NL 16 364
Kleckner, Karen J New Brighton, US 100 4926
Kornet, Lilian Maastricht, NL 56 989
Nichols, Lucy Maple Grove, US 3 253
Scala, Alberto Della Rome, IT 2 98
Stadler, Robert Shoreview, US 13 1734
Warman, Eduardo Maple Grove, US 9 465
Zhou, Xiaohong Woodbury, US 133 5982
Ziegler, Paul D Minneapolis, US 24 828

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